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I use json_encode() a lot for AJAX calls. Teamed with jQuery’s $.getJSON(), it’s too convenient not to use. Unfortunately, json_encode() doesn’t come standard until PHP 5.2. To add insult to injury, many current *nix distros don’t include PHP 5.2 in their official repositories yet. So, if you’re using PHP4 download JSON’s json_encode and json_decode for PHP4 (which automatically degrade for PHP5, thus not breaking your app during an upgrade) here: http://mike.teczno.com/JSON/JSON.phps json_encode() example 1 <?php include("JSON.php"); $a = json_encode( array( ‘a’=>1, ‘2’=>2, ‘c’=>’I <3 JSON’ ) ); echo $a; // Outputs: {"a":1,"b":2,"c":"I <3 JSON"} $b = json_decode( $a ); echo "$b->a, $b->b, $b->c"; // Outputs: 1, 2, I <3 JSON json_encode() / json_decode() example 2 In Javascript, consuming input in JSON format is as easy as: eval(“var decoded_data = ” + encoded_data); With JSON-PHP, it can be almost as easy on the server-side, too: // create a new instance of Services_JSON require_once(‘JSON.php’); $json = new Services_JSON(); // convert a complex value to JSON notation $value = array(1, 2, ‘foo’); $output = $json->encode($value); print($output); // accept incoming POST data $input = $GLOBALS[‘HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA’]; $value = $json->decode($input); Using json_encode() and json_decode() in PHP4 with Arrays You can use json_encode() with arrays or multi-dimensional arrays. When you are ready to output it as json, just call echo json_encode($yourArray); You can also use this method with jQuery’s $.ajax call, and specify the data type as JSON, although jQuery will automatically try and detect the data type, so that may not even be necessary. source: mike.teczno