Req #76795 [Opn->Sus]: json_encode option that outputs associative arrays as arrays instad of objects

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76795&edit=1 ID: 76795 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: kenny dot retzlaff at gmail dot com Summary: json_encode option that outputs associative arrays as arrays instad of objects -Status: Open +Status: Suspended Type: Feature/Change Request Package: JSON related Operating System: * PHP Version: 7.2.9 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: In my opinion, a general array_values_recursive() *might* be more sensible. Anyhow, this feature clearly needs discussion on the internals@ mailing list (and maybe even an RFC[1]). For the time being, I'm suspending this request. [1] <https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto> Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-08-26 13:12:53] peehaa@php.net Actually when reading what you are asking for again it's just: json_encode(array_values($obj)); So imo no need to introduce yet another constant for something you can already easily do with the existing tooling. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-08-26 13:11:39] peehaa@php.net javascript does not do "associative arrays" like PHP so what you are asking for is not valid JSON. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-08-26 12:56:56] kenny dot retzlaff at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Introduce an json_encode option that ignores all keys of associative arrays and writes the json object in the [] syntax instead of the {} syntax. Without having to use array_values(). So it can be used in objects that contain multiple arrays. E.g. $obj = array("key1" => "value", "key2" => "value2"); json_encode($obj, JSON_FORCE_ARRAY); // ["value", "value2"] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76795&edit=1