Json Solution

{  
    "employee": {  
        "name":       "sonoo",   
        "salary":      56000,   
        "married":    true  
    }  
}  

example of JSON array having values.

["Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"]  

[  
    {"name":"Ram", "email":"Ram@gmail.com"},  
    {"name":"Bob", "email":"bob32@gmail.com"}  
]  

JSON Nested Object Example
{  
     "firstName": "Sonoo",   
     "lastName": "Jaiswal",   
     "age": 27,  
     "address" : {  
         "streetAddress": "Plot-6, Mohan Nagar",  
         "city": "Ghaziabad",  
         "state": "UP",  
         "postalCode": "201007"  
     }  
 }  

JSON Array of Strings
Let's see an example of JSON arrays storing string values.

["Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"]    

JSON Array of Numbers
Let's see an example of JSON arrays storing number values.

[12, 34, 56, 43, 95]    

JSON Array of Objects
Let's see a simple JSON array example having 4 objects.

{"employees":[    
    {"name":"Ram", "email":"ram@gmail.com", "age":23},    
    {"name":"Shyam", "email":"shyam23@gmail.com", "age":28},  
    {"name":"John", "email":"john@gmail.com", "age":33},    
    {"name":"Bob", "email":"bob32@gmail.com", "age":41}   
]}

PHP json_encode example 1
Let's see the example to encode JSON.

<?php  
$arr = array('a' => 1, 'b' => 2, 'c' => 3, 'd' => 4, 'e' => 5);  
echo json_encode($arr);  
?>  
Output

{"a":1,"b":2,"c":3,"d":4,"e":5}

PHP json_encode example 2
Let's see the example to encode JSON.

<?php  
$arr2 = array('firstName' => 'Rahul', 'lastName' => 'Kumar', 'email' => 'rahul@gmail.com');    
echo json_encode($arr2);  
?>  
Output

{"firstName":"Rahul","lastName":"Kumar","email":"rahul@gmail.com"}

PHP json_decode
<?php  
$json = '{"a":1,"b":2,"c":3,"d":4,"e":5}';  
var_dump(json_decode($json, true));//true means returned object will be converted into associative array  
?>  
Output

array(5) {
    ["a"] => int(1)
    ["b"] => int(2)
    ["c"] => int(3)
    ["d"] => int(4)
    ["e"] => int(5)
}
PHP json_decode example 2
Let's see the example to decode JSON string.

<?php  
$json2 = '{"firstName" : "Rahul", "lastName" : "Kumar", "email" : "rahul@gmail.com"}';    
var_dump(json_decode($json2, true));  
?>  
Output

array(3) { 
["firstName"]=> string(5) "Rahul" 
["lastName"]=> string(5) "Kumar" 
["email"]=> string(15) "rahul@gmail.com" 
}