How to output JSON data correctly using PHP

Question

I\'m developing an Android app, and for the API I\'m sending my requests to a URL that should return JSON data.

This is what I\'m getting in my output:

Answer 1

All you have to do is to add a second argument to the json_encode method like this.

echo json_encode($response_date, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);

or

print json_encode($response_date, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);

You can visit this link to read more on how to use json_encode.

Hope it helps.