php convert array to json

1$myArr = array("apple", "banana", "mango", "jackfruit");
2
3$toJSON = json_encode($myArr);
4
5echo $toJSON;

1<?php
2  // JSON string
3  $someJSON = '[{"name":"Jonathan Suh","gender":"male"},{"name":"William Philbin","gender":"male"},{"name":"Allison McKinnery","gender":"female"}]';
4
5  // Convert JSON string to Array
6  $someArray = json_decode($someJSON, true);
7  print_r($someArray);        // Dump all data of the Array
8  echo $someArray[0]["name"]; // Access Array data
9
10  // Convert JSON string to Object
11  $someObject = json_decode($someJSON);
12  print_r($someObject);      // Dump all data of the Object
13  echo $someObject[0]->name; // Access Object data
14?>
15

1//Json Encode
2
3$person = array( 
4    "name" => "KINGASV", 
5    "title" => "CTO"
6); 
7$personJSON=json_encode($person);//returns JSON string
8
9//Json Decode
10
11$personJSON = '{"name":"KINGASV","title":"CTO"}';
12
13$person = json_decode($personJSON);
14
15echo $person->name; // KINGASV
16

1$personJSON = '{"name":"Johny Carson","title":"CTO"}';
2
3$person = json_decode($personJSON);
4
5echo $person->name; // Johny Carson

1//2 ways
2  //this is for string from $_REQUEST,$_POST to array
3$jsonText = $_REQUEST['myJSON'];
4$decodedText = html_entity_decode($jsonText);
5$myArray = json_decode($decodedText, true);
6
7//this is for json to array
8$assosiative_array = json_decode(json_encode($jsonText),true);

1$person = array( 
2    "name" => "Johny Carson", 
3    "title" => "CTO"
4); 
5$personJSON=json_encode($person);//returns JSON string