Req #44331 [Com]: Formatting option for json_encode

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=44331&edit=1 ID: 44331 Comment by: php at mjpa dot co dot uk Reported by: jeremy at duckwizard dot com Summary: Formatting option for json_encode Status: Closed Type: Feature/Change Request Package: JSON related Operating System: Debian Stable PHP Version: 5.2.5 Assigned To: aharvey Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This has not been implemented... Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-09-16 18:21:59] aharvey@php.net This bug has been fixed in SVN. Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. The trunk version of json_encode() will now accept a JSON_PRETTY_PRINT option. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-09-16 18:21:17] aharvey@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of aharvey Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=303425 Log: Implement FR #44331 (Formatting option for json_encode). Bikeshedding about the exact form of the JSON pretty printing and brace handling will only be accepted in the form of patches. ;) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-12-08 12:05:52] pankaj dot khairnar at live dot com yes it will be a real nice feature of json_encode function and I am expecting it to same. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-03-04 20:05:37] jeremy at duckwizard dot com Description: ------------ One of the appeals of JSON is that it is human readable. However, json_encode produces output that is not particularly manageable by a human - little more so than PHP's own serialization. DOM, for example, has a formatOutput option that nicely indents the resulting XML. A similar option for json_encode would be extremely helpful. Reproduce code: --------------- $obj = new stdClass; $obj->field1 = "hello"; $obj->field2 = "world"; $obj->field3 = array("key" => "value", "level2" => array(1,2,3)); echo json_encode($obj, JSON::FORMAT_OUTPUT); //flags are an implementation example Expected result: ---------------- { "field1":"hello", "field2":"world", "field3": { "key":"value", "level2": [1,2,3] } } Actual result: -------------- {"field1":"hello","field2":"world","field3":{"key":"value","level2":[1,2,3]}} ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=44331&edit=1