Re: json_encode()
| From: | Stan Vassilev | FM | Date: | Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:34:13 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: json_encode() | ||
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Hi,
JSON allows extensions. I can not understand why this is not an extension that makes sense:
json_encode($var, $allowScalar = false);
In PHP outputting of JS literals is a common action, so all you'll achieve by completely removing this option, is forcing people to go from this:
echo 'var foo = '.json_encode("hello world");
...to this:
echo 'var foo = '.substr(json_encode(array("hi world")), 1, -1);
A flag that defaults to false would be just as explicit and educational, and more efficient, than forcing hacks on us like the above one.
Regards,
Stan Vassilev