Pretty-Printing JSON with PHP

Question

I\'m building a PHP script that feeds JSON data to another script. My script builds data into a large associative array, and then outputs the data using json_encode

Answer 1

print_r pretty print for PHP

Example PHP

function print_nice($elem,$max_level=10,$print_nice_stack=array()){
    if(is_array($elem) || is_object($elem)){
        if(in_array($elem,$print_nice_stack,true)){
            echo "RECURSION";
            return;
        }
        $print_nice_stack[]=&$elem;
        if($max_level<1){
            echo "nivel maximo alcanzado";
            return;
        }
        $max_level--;
        echo "";
        if(is_array($elem)){
            echo '';
        }else{
            echo '';
        }
        $color=0;
        foreach($elem as $k => $v){
            if($max_level%2){
                $rgb=($color++%2)?"#888888":"#BBBBBB";
            }else{
                $rgb=($color++%2)?"#8888BB":"#BBBBFF";
            }
            echo '";
        }
        echo "
ARRAY
';
            echo 'OBJECT Type: '.get_class($elem).'
';
            echo ''.$k."
";
            print_nice($v,$max_level,$print_nice_stack);
            echo "
";
        return;
    }
    if($elem === null){
        echo "NULL";
    }elseif($elem === 0){
        echo "0";
    }elseif($elem === true){
        echo "TRUE";
    }elseif($elem === false){
        echo "FALSE";
    }elseif($elem === ""){
        echo "EMPTY STRING";
    }else{
        echo str_replace("\n","*
\n",$elem);
    }
}