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PHP Array to JSON Converter
Paste a PHP array - short [] syntax or array(), nested as deep as you like - and get valid JSON back.
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Examples & Use Cases
- Before:
A nested array of settings written with => arrows, which is not something any JSON validator or API client will take.
- After:
The same settings as formatted JSON, ready for a config file, an API request or a front-end that expects JSON.
No throwaway PHP script needed just to call json_encode() once.
A config array that has to become JSON
Laravel and WordPress projects keep a lot of configuration in PHP arrays that eventually needs a JSON equivalent.
- Before:
Pages of array ( ... ) with mixed indentation and numeric keys, printed into a log or a browser response.
- After:
Clean JSON with the structure visible, which you can then fold and search in any JSON viewer.
Makes a dump readable without editing it by hand.
Reading a var_export() dump
Debug output from var_export() is accurate but painful to read once it is more than a few levels deep.
Frequently Asked Questions
The result is, for the cases above - but json_encode() needs the array to exist inside a running PHP process. This works on the array as text, so you can convert something pasted from a config file, a var_export() dump or a Stack Overflow answer without setting up PHP.