Slim JSON Outputs

Question

I am using the Slim framework with PHP to create a RESTful API for my app. However, I assumed that the framework would have some way of creating easier JSON outputs rather than

Answer 1

You can use in slim3, Slim’s Response object custom method withJson($data, $status, $encodingOptions)

$app->get('/hello/{name}', function ($request, $response, $args) {
    $data['msg']='Hello '.$request->getAttribute('name');
    $newResponse = $response->withJson($data);
});

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