Example 1 json_encode"; $cart = array( "ID" => 12345, "Name" => "You name", "Email" => "mail@example.com", "contents" => array( array( "productID" => 100, "productName" => "First", "quantity" => 1 ), array( "productID" => 101, "productName" => "Second", "quantity" => 2 ) ), "Completed" => true ); echo json_encode($cart); //Example 2 echo "

Example 2 json_decode

"; $json='{"name":"Skail", "price":1500, "description":{ "size":["S","M","L","XL"], "color":["red","grey","blue"]}}'; $Item = json_decode($json, true); echo "name = ".$Item['name']; echo "
price = ".$Item['price']; echo "
desription size = ".$Item['description']['size'][1]; echo "
description color = ".$Item['description']['color'][1]; ?>

JSON encode decode