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Format.json ViewHelper `<f:format.json>`

Wrapper for PHPs json_encode function. See https://www.php.net/manual/function.json-encode.php.

Examples

Encoding a view variable

{someArray -> f:format.json()}

["array","values"] Depending on the value of {someArray}.

Associative array

{f:format.json(value: {foo: 'bar', bar: 'baz'})}

{"foo":"bar","bar":"baz"}

Non associative array with forced object

{f:format.json(value: {0: 'bar', 1: 'baz'}, forceObject: true)}

{"0":"bar","1":"baz"}

Source code

Go to the source code of this ViewHelper: JsonViewHelper.php (GitHub).

Arguments

The following arguments are available for <f:format.json>:

Name	Type	Default
value	mixed
forceObject	boolean

value

Type: mixed

The incoming data to convert, or null if VH children should be used

forceObject

Type: boolean

Outputs an JSON object rather than an array

Format.json ViewHelper <f:format.json>