> Kenneth Downs wrote: > > JSON strikes me as a worthy candidate. Is anybody using it on the > > server-side with enough confidence to answer this question: Can I > > type a file of JSON stuff by hand and convert it easily > into a nested > > associative array?
I don't see why not. JSON is just a standard javascript object, so hand-typing is pretty simple and decoding into an array with the json extension is as simple as $aPhpData = json_decode($sJsonData); > > The parser I'm using is this file: > http://mike.teczno.com/JSON/JSON.phps, which is a part of the > PEAR proposal for JSON > (<http://pear.php.net/pepr/pepr-proposal-show.php?id=198>). > > - Allen I highly recommend using the json extension if you can (comes standard with php5.2). The speed difference over using a script is astounding. I use it on all my projects (ajaxified cms) without issue. If you're pre-php5.2... Linux: http://pecl.php.net/package/json Win32: http://pecl4win.php.net/ext.php/php_json.dll Mark _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
