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[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) 4. / 5. mszewcz/php-json-utils ActiveLibrary[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) mszewcz/php-json-utils ====================== JSON utility class 1.0.0(8y ago)02302MITPHPPHP >=7.1.0 Since Nov 1Pushed 8y agoCompare [ Source](https://github.com/mszewcz/php-json-utils)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/mszewcz/php-json-utils)[ RSS](/packages/mszewcz-php-json-utils/feed)WikiDiscussions develop Synced 4d ago READMEChangelog (1)Dependencies (2)Versions (3)Used By (2) php-json-utils ============== [](#php-json-utils) JSON utility class, which provides encoding, decoding, base64url encoding and base64url decoding methods. 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Here is a minimal example of a composer.json: ``` { "require": { "mszewcz/php-json-utils": ">=1.0" } } ``` You can also clone or download this respository. **php-json-utils** meets [PSR-4](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-4/) autoloading standards. If using the Composer please include its autoloader file: ``` require_once 'vendor/autoload.php'; ``` If you cloned or downloaded this repository, you will have to code your own PSR-4 style autoloader implementation. Usage ----- [](#usage) To encode data into JSON string: ``` use MS\Json\Utils\Utils; $obj = new \stdClass(); $obj->flt = 5.5; $obj->bool = true; $data = ['int' => 8, 'str' => 'test/Ʃ', 'arr' => [$obj]]; $utils = new Utils(); try { $encoded = $utils->encode($data); } catch (\Exception $e) { echo $e->getMessage(); } ``` To decode JSON string: ``` use MS\Json\Utils\Utils; $json = '{"int":8,"str":"test/Ʃ","arr":[{"flt":5.5,"bool":true}]}'; $utils = new Utils(); try { $decoded = $utils->decode($json); } catch (\Exception $e) { echo $e->getMessage(); } */ ``` To base64url encode string: ``` use MS\Json\Utils\Utils; $data = 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc eget purus '; $data.= 'consectetur eros pellentesque ullamcorper. Sed justo tellus, porttitor non '; $data.= 'porta ac, euismod eu mauris. Nam maximus pretium dapibus. Pellentesque in elit '; $data.= 'placerat, sagittis justo id, elementum elit. Maecenas dignissim dui ac lectus '; $data.= 'pretium condimentum. Morbi id ipsum in urna egestas varius in vitae quam. '; $data.= 'Phasellus efficitur elementum sapien id dictum.'; $utils = new Utils(); $encoded = $utils->base64UrlEncode($data); ``` To base64url decode string: ``` use MS\Json\Utils\Utils; $data = 'TG9yZW0gaXBzdW0gZG9sb3Igc2l0IGFtZXQsIGNvbnNlY3RldHVyIGFkaXBpc2NpbmcgZWxpdC4'; $data.= 'gTnVuYyBlZ2V0IHB1cnVzIGNvbnNlY3RldHVyIGVyb3MgcGVsbGVudGVzcXVlIHVsbGFtY29ycG'; $data.= 'VyLiBTZWQganVzdG8gdGVsbHVzLCBwb3J0dGl0b3Igbm9uIHBvcnRhIGFjLCBldWlzbW9kIGV1I'; $data.= 'G1hdXJpcy4gTmFtIG1heGltdXMgcHJldGl1bSBkYXBpYnVzLiBQZWxsZW50ZXNxdWUgaW4gZWxp'; $data.= 'dCBwbGFjZXJhdCwgc2FnaXR0aXMganVzdG8gaWQsIGVsZW1lbnR1bSBlbGl0LiBNYWVjZW5hcyB'; $data.= 'kaWduaXNzaW0gZHVpIGFjIGxlY3R1cyBwcmV0aXVtIGNvbmRpbWVudHVtLiBNb3JiaSBpZCBpcH'; $data.= 'N1bSBpbiB1cm5hIGVnZXN0YXMgdmFyaXVzIGluIHZpdGFlIHF1YW0uIFBoYXNlbGx1cyBlZmZpY'; $data.= '2l0dXIgZWxlbWVudHVtIHNhcGllbiBpZCBkaWN0dW0u'; $utils = new Utils(); $decoded = $utils->base64UrlDecode($data); ``` Contributing ------------ [](#contributing) Contributions are welcome. Please send your contributions through GitHub pull requests Pull requests for bug fixes must be based on latest stable release from the `master` branch whereas pull requests for new features must be based on the `developer` branch. Due to time constraints, I'm not always able to respond as quickly as I would like. If you feel you're waiting too long for merging your pull request please remind me here. #### Coding standards [](#coding-standards) We follow [PSR-2](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-2/) coding style and [PSR-4](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-4/) autoloading standards. Be sure you're also following them before sending your pull request. 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