Return JSON from a PHP script

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To return JSON data from you PHP script you can use json_encode() function. It will convert PHP array to JSON string.

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

    //First Examaple
    $json_data = array("key" => "value");
    echo json_encode($json_data);

    // More Complex example
    $php_arr = [
        [ "id" => 1, "name" => "Math" ],
        [ "id" => 1, "name" => "physics" ],
        [ "id" => 1, "name" => "Chemistry" ]
    ];
    echo json_encode($php_arr);
?>

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To return JSON from a PHP script you can set its header toÂ 'Content-Type: application/json'.

This will return data in JSON format as your API response.

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