How to format json data in php

Question

I have created a webservice and return data in json but on API testing site showing response not in formatted form.

My code is as below :

return json_encode(array("Data" => array("data" => "hello","data2" => "hello1")),JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);

How to get it?

What's wrong with the regular output? But I guess you could set the JSON_PRETTY_PRINT flag. secure.php.net/json_encode — Charlotte Dunois
– Charlotte Dunois, Commented Jun 22, 2016 at 12:58

Sagar Gulati · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-14 13:06:53Z

3

Give a try to

return json_encode($data, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);

This will give you pretty print of JSON format. Also what you have done should be working fine but what could be wrong is you are missing the JSON header.

header('Content-Type: application/json');

edited Jun 14, 2019 at 13:06

answered Jun 22, 2016 at 12:59

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Vinaya Maheshwari Over a year ago

Thanks, header('Content-Type: application/json'); work for me without JSON_PRETTY_PRINT flag.

Sagar Gulati Over a year ago

Great, try to use the json_preety_print as well to clean you json data and make it readable

WannaKnow · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-22 12:59:21Z

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<?php
echo json_encode(
  array(
    'error' => array(
      'error_message' => 'Please choose a date and time',
      'error_code' => 500,
    )
  )
);
?>

answered Jun 22, 2016 at 12:59

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