#46518 [NEW]: json_encode return values

From: jtaal at eljakim dot nl Operating system: Irrelevant PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: json_encode return values Description: ------------ Please clarify the bogus status on bug report: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45989 I'm getting the same results and from the manual it is unclear why this is expected behaviour. The returns section on json_encode: Returns an object or if the optional assoc parameter is TRUE, an associative array is instead returned. Clearly (as it is shown in 45989( this function can also return a string... -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=46518&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46518&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46518&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46518&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46518&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46518&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46518&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46518&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46518&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46518&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46518&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46518&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46518&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46518&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46518&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46518&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46518&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46518&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46518&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46518&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46518&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46518&r=mysqlcfg