JSON can be decoded to PHP arrays by using the $associative = true option. Be wary that associative arrays in PHP can be a "list" or "object" when converted to/from JSON, depending on the keys (of absence of them).
You would expect that recoding and re-encoding will always yield the same JSON string, but take this example:
$json = '{"0": "No", "1": "Yes"}';
$array = json_decode($json, true); // decode as associative hash
print json_encode($array) . PHP_EOL;
This will output a different JSON string than the original:
["No","Yes"]
The object has turned into an array!
Similarly, a array that doesn't have consecutive zero based numerical indexes, will be encoded to a JSON object instead of a list.
$array = [
'first',
'second',
'third',
];
print json_encode($array) . PHP_EOL;
// remove the second element
unset($array[1]);
print json_encode($array) . PHP_EOL;
The output will be:
["first","second","third"]
{"0":"first","2":"third"}
The array has turned into an object!
In other words, decoding/encoding to/from PHP arrays is not always symmetrical, or might not always return what you expect!
On the other hand, decoding/encoding from/to stdClass objects (the default) is always symmetrical.
Arrays may be somewhat easier to work with/transform than objects. But especially if you need to decode, and re-encode json, it might be prudent to decode to objects and not arrays.
If you want to enforce an array to encode to a JSON list (all array keys will be discarded), use:
json_encode(array_values($array));
If you want to enforce an array to encode to a JSON object, use:
json_encode((object)$array);
See also: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-is-list.php
PHP - Manual: json_decode
2024-12-21
json_decode
(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL json >= 1.2.0)
json_decode — 对 JSON 格式的字符串进行解码
说明
接受一个 JSON 编码的字符串并且把它转换为 PHP 变量
参数
-
json -
待解码的
jsonstring 格式的字符串。这个函数仅能处理 UTF-8 编码的数据。
注意:
PHP 实现了 JSON 的一个超集，参考 » RFC 7159.
-
assoc -
当该参数为
true时，将返回 array 而非 object 。 -
depth -
指定递归深度。
-
options -
由
JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING,JSON_INVALID_UTF8_IGNORE,JSON_INVALID_UTF8_SUBSTITUTE,JSON_OBJECT_AS_ARRAY,JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR组成的掩码。 这些常量的行为在JSON constants页面有进一步描述。
返回值
通过恰当的 PHP 类型返回在 json
中编码的数据。值true, false 和 null
会相应地返回 true, false 和 null。
如果 json 无法被解码，
或者编码数据深度超过了递归限制的话，将会返回null 。
更新日志
| 版本 | 说明 |
|---|---|
| 7.3.0 |
JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR
options was added.
|
| 7.2.0 |
JSON_INVALID_UTF8_IGNORE, and
JSON_INVALID_UTF8_SUBSTITUTE
options were added.
|
| 7.1.0 |
An empty JSON key ("") can be encoded to the empty object property
instead of using a key with value _empty_.
|
| 7.0.0 | Rejected RFC 7159 incompatible number formats - top level (07, 0xff, .1, -.1) and all levels ([1.], [1.e1]) |
| 7.0.0 |
An empty PHP string or value that after casting to string is an empty
string (NULL, FALSE) results
in JSON syntax error.
|
| 5.6.0 |
Invalid non-lowercased variants of the true,
false and null literals are no
longer accepted as valid input, and will generate warnings.
|
| 5.4.0 |
JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING, and
JSON_OBJECT_AS_ARRAY
options were added.
|
| 5.4.0 |
The options parameter was added.
|
| 5.3.0 |
Added the optional depth. The default
recursion depth was increased from 128 to 512
|
| 5.2.3 | The nesting limit was increased from 20 to 128 |
| 5.2.1 | Added support for JSON decoding of basic types. |
范例
示例 #1 json_decode() 的例子
<?php
$json = '{"a":1,"b":2,"c":3,"d":4,"e":5}';
var_dump(json_decode($json));
var_dump(json_decode($json, true));
?>
以上例程会输出：
object(stdClass)#1 (5) {
["a"] => int(1)
["b"] => int(2)
["c"] => int(3)
["d"] => int(4)
["e"] => int(5)
}
array(5) {
["a"] => int(1)
["b"] => int(2)
["c"] => int(3)
["d"] => int(4)
["e"] => int(5)
}
示例 #2 Accessing invalid object properties
Accessing elements within an object that contain characters not permitted under PHP's naming convention (e.g. the hyphen) can be accomplished by encapsulating the element name within braces and the apostrophe.
<?php
$json = '{"foo-bar": 12345}';
$obj = json_decode($json);
print $obj->{'foo-bar'}; // 12345
?>
示例 #3 common mistakes using json_decode()
<?php
// the following strings are valid JavaScript but not valid JSON
// the name and value must be enclosed in double quotes
// single quotes are not valid
$bad_json = "{ 'bar': 'baz' }";
json_decode($bad_json); // null
// the name must be enclosed in double quotes
$bad_json = '{ bar: "baz" }';
json_decode($bad_json); // null
// trailing commas are not allowed
$bad_json = '{ bar: "baz", }';
json_decode($bad_json); // null
?>
示例 #4 depth errors
<?php
// Encode the data.
$json = json_encode(
array(
1 => array(
'English' => array(
'One',
'January'
),
'French' => array(
'Une',
'Janvier'
)
)
)
);
// Define the errors.
$constants = get_defined_constants(true);
$json_errors = array();
foreach ($constants["json"] as $name => $value) {
if (!strncmp($name, "JSON_ERROR_", 11)) {
$json_errors[$value] = $name;
}
}
// Show the errors for different depths.
foreach (range(4, 3, -1) as $depth) {
var_dump(json_decode($json, true, $depth));
echo 'Last error: ', $json_errors[json_last_error()], PHP_EOL, PHP_EOL;
}
?>
以上例程会输出：
array(1) {
[1]=>
array(2) {
["English"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(3) "One"
[1]=>
string(7) "January"
}
["French"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(3) "Une"
[1]=>
string(7) "Janvier"
}
}
}
Last error: JSON_ERROR_NONE
NULL
Last error: JSON_ERROR_DEPTH
示例 #5 json_decode() of large integers
<?php
$json = '{"number": 12345678901234567890}';
var_dump(json_decode($json));
var_dump(json_decode($json, false, 512, JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING));
?>
以上例程会输出：
object(stdClass)#1 (1) {
["number"]=>
float(1.2345678901235E+19)
}
object(stdClass)#1 (1) {
["number"]=>
string(20) "12345678901234567890"
}
注释
注意:
The JSON spec is not JavaScript, but a subset of JavaScript.
注意:
In the event of a failure to decode, json_last_error() can be used to determine the exact nature of the error.
add a note
User Contributed Notes 7 notes
Lennart Hengstmengel ¶
5 months ago
Alien426 ¶
1 year ago
Browsers don't choke on integers _starting_ with BigInt (64 bits), but before that (53 bits). The introduction of BigInt to modern browsers doesn't help much, when JSON handling functions do not support it. So I am trying to remedy that. My approach is to handle the decoded array before re-encoding it to a string:
<?php
function fix_large_int(&$value)
{
if (is_int($value) && $value > 9007199254740991)
$value = strval($value);
}
$json_str = '{"id":[1234567890123456789,12345678901234567890]}';
$json_arr = json_decode($json_str, flags: JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING | JSON_OBJECT_AS_ARRAY);
echo(json_encode($json_arr)); // {"id":[1234567890123456789,"12345678901234567890"]} (BigInt is already converted to a string here)
array_walk_recursive($json_arr, 'fix_large_int');
echo(json_encode($json_arr)); // {"id":["1234567890123456789","12345678901234567890"]}
?>
cubefox at web dot NOSPAMPLEASE dot de ¶
1 year ago
Warning: As the section "return values" mentions, the return value NULL is ambiguos. To repeat, it can mean three things:
* The input string had the value "null"
* There was an error while parsing the input data
* The encoded data was deeper than the recursion limit
To distinguish these cases, json_last_error() can be used.
greaties at ghvernuft dot nl ¶
1 year ago
To load an object with data in json format:
function loadJSON($Obj, $json)
{
$dcod = json_decode($json);
$prop = get_object_vars ( $dcod );
foreach($prop as $key => $lock)
{
if(property_exists ( $Obj , $key ))
{
if(is_object($dcod->$key))
{
loadJSON($Obj->$key, json_encode($dcod->$key));
}
else
{
$Obj->$key = $dcod->$key;
}
}
}
}
as-works at narod dot ru ¶
7 months ago
On some PHP7+ systems php_json functions can be undefined (i faced it on Oracle Linux Enterprice with php 7.4 installed from REMI repository). If you have the same problem, try to install separated php-json module:
# yum install php-json
Hope this helps.
Anonymous ¶
8 months ago
<?php
$array = [0 => "foo", 1 => "bar", 2 => ["baz"]];
$associative = false;
var_dump(
json_decode(
json_encode($array),
$associative
)
);
?>
The above will output
<?php
/*
array (size=3)
0 => string 'foo' (length=3)
1 => string 'bar' (length=3)
2 =>
array (size=1)
0 => string 'baz' (length=3)
*/
?>
Considering <?php $associative = false; ?> one might expect
<?php
/*
object(stdClass)
public '0' => string 'foo' (length=3)
public '1' => string 'bar' (length=3)
public '2' =>
object(stdClass)
public '0' => string 'baz' (length=3)
*/
?>
an stdClass object instead of an array, but this is incorrect.
json_decode will always return an array for a sequentially encoded array, regardless of the ?bool $associative 2nd argument
Which is inline with the above mentioned docs/spec
> Returns the value encoded in json in appropriate PHP type
Considering that the 1st arg was a sequentially encoded array as a json string
'["foo","bar",["baz"]]'
mattia ¶
1 year ago
if you're using ajax to post, and your JavaScript code looks like this:
<code>
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.open("POST", "something.php", true);
xhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
// do something
}
};
var data = {some: "thing"};
xhttp.send(JSON.stringify(data));
</code>
then in <code>something.php</code> you can retrieve your json by doing
<?php
$data = json_decode(file_get_contents("php://input"), true);
?>
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