Json
- Type
- Class
- Namespace
- craft\helpers
- Inherits
- craft\helpers\Json » yii\helpers\Json (opens new window) » yii\helpers\BaseJson (opens new window)
- Since
- 3.0.0
Class Json
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# Public Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| jsonErrorMessages (opens new window) | array (opens new window) – List of JSON Error messages assigned to constant names for better handling of PHP <= 5. |
| keepObjectType (opens new window) | boolean (opens new window) – Avoids objects with zero-indexed keys to be encoded as array Json::encode((object)['test']) will be encoded as an object not as an array. |
| prettyPrint (opens new window) | boolean (opens new window), null (opens new window) – Enables human readable output a. |
# Public Methods
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| decode() (opens new window) | Decodes the given JSON string into a PHP data structure. |
| decodeIfJson() | Decodes the given JSON string into a PHP data structure, only if the string is valid JSON. |
| encode() | Encodes the given value into a JSON string. |
| errorSummary() (opens new window) | Generates a summary of the validation errors. |
| htmlEncode() (opens new window) | Encodes the given value into a JSON string HTML-escaping entities so it is safe to be embedded in HTML code. |
| isJsonObject() | Returns whether a string value looks like a JSON object or array. |
# decodeIfJson()
Decodes the given JSON string into a PHP data structure, only if the string is valid JSON.
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Arguments
$str(mixed) – The string to be decoded, if it's valid JSON.$asArray(boolean (opens new window)) – Whether to return objects in terms of associative arrays.
Returns
mixed – The PHP data, or the given string if it wasn’t valid JSON.
# encode()
Encodes the given value into a JSON string.
The method enhances json_encode() by supporting JavaScript expressions.
In particular, the method will not encode a JavaScript expression that is
represented in terms of a \craft\helpers\JsExpression object.
Note that data encoded as JSON must be UTF-8 encoded according to the JSON specification. You must ensure strings passed to this method have proper encoding before passing them.
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Arguments
$value(mixed) – The data to be encoded.$options(integer (opens new window)) – The encoding options.JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODEis used by default.
Returns
string (opens new window) – The encoding result.
Throws
- yii\base\InvalidArgumentException (opens new window)
if there is any encoding error.
# isJsonObject()
- Since
- 3.5.0
Returns whether a string value looks like a JSON object or array.
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Arguments
$str(string (opens new window))
Returns
# Protected Methods
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| handleJsonError() (opens new window) | Handles encode() (opens new window) and decode() (opens new window) errors by throwing exceptions with the respective error message. |
| processData() (opens new window) | Pre-processes the data before sending it to json_encode(). |
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