json_encode() Function | Convert PHP Array to JSON

In this tutorial i will discuss about php json_encode() inbuilt method. json_encode — Returns the JSON representation of a value. In php json_encode() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to convert PHP array or object into JSON representation.

Syntax :

string json_encode( $value, $option, $depth )

Parameters:

• $value: It is a mandatory parameter which defines the value to be encoded.
• $option: It is optional parameter which defines the Bitmask consisting of JSON_FORCE_OBJECT, JSON_HEX_QUOT, JSON_HEX_TAG, etc. The behaviour of these constants is described on the JSON constants page
• $depth: It is optional parameter which sets the maximum depth. Its value must be greater than zero.

// Declare an array  
$value = array( 
    "name"=>"CodeChief", 
    "email"=>"abc@CodeChief.com"); 
   
// Use json_encode() function 
$json = json_encode($value); 
   
// Display the output 
echo($json); 

Output:

Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.json-encode.php

Hope it can help you.