PHP “pretty print” json_encode [duplicate]

Answer 1

And for PHP 5.3, you can use this function, which can be embedded in a class or used in procedural style:

http://svn.kd2.org/svn/misc/libs/tools/json_readable_encode.php

Answer 2

PHP has JSON_PRETTY_PRINT option since 5.4.0 (release date 01-Mar-2012).

This should do the job:

$json = json_decode($string);
echo json_encode($json, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);

See http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.json-encode.php

Note: Don't forget to echo "<pre>" before and "</pre>" after, if you're printing it in HTML to preserve formatting ;)

Answer 3

Hmmm $array = json_decode($json, true); will make your string an array which is easy to print nicely with print_r($array, true);

But if you really want to prettify your json... Check this out

Answer 4

Here's a function to pretty up your json: pretty_json