note 126006 added to function.json-decode

Browsers don't choke on integers _starting_ with BigInt (64 bits), but before that (53 bits). The introduction of BigInt to modern browsers doesn't help much, when JSON handling functions do not support it. So I am trying to remedy that. My approach is to handle the decoded array before re-encoding it to a string: <?php function fix_large_int(&$value) { if (is_int($value) && $value > 9007199254740991) $value = strval($value); } $json_str = '{"id":[1234567890123456789,12345678901234567890]}'; $json_arr = json_decode($json_str, flags: JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING | JSON_OBJECT_AS_ARRAY); echo(json_encode($json_arr)); // {"id":[1234567890123456789,"12345678901234567890"]} (BigInt is already converted to a string here) array_walk_recursive($json_arr, 'fix_large_int'); echo(json_encode($json_arr)); // {"id":["1234567890123456789","12345678901234567890"]} ?> ---- Server IP: 45.112.84.4 Probable Submitter: 45.112.85.242 (proxied: 5.100.49.35) ---- Manual Page -- https://php.net/manual/en/function.json-decode.php Edit -- https://main.php.net/note/edit/126006 Del: integrated -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126006/integrated Del: useless -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126006/useless Del: bad code -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126006/bad+code Del: spam -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126006/spam Del: non-english -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126006/non-english Del: in docs -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126006/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126006 Reject -- https://main.php.net/note/reject/126006 Search -- https://main.php.net/manage/user-notes.php