README

Installation

Install the package using Composer:

composer require vishalshakya/json-handler

Requirements

• PHP 7.4 or higher
• PHPUnit (for running tests, required only for development)

Usage

To use the JsonHandler class, make sure to import it into your PHP file:

use Vishalshakya\JsonHandler;

Encoding Data

The encode method allows you to convert an array or object into a JSON string:

$data = ['name' => 'John Doe', 'age' => 25];

$jsonString = JsonHandler::encode($data);

echo $jsonString;

Output:

{"name":"John Doe","age":25}

Decoding JSON Strings

The decode method converts a JSON string into a PHP data structure. By default, it returns an object:

$jsonString = '{"name":"John Doe","age":25}';

$object = JsonHandler::decode($jsonString);

echo $object->name; // John Doe
echo $object->age;  // 25

If you want to decode the JSON string into an associative array, pass true as the second argument:

$jsonString = '{"name":"John Doe","age":25}';

$array = JsonHandler::decode($jsonString, true);

echo $array['name']; // John Doe
echo $array['age'];  // 25

Exception Handling

The JsonHandler class throws exceptions to indicate errors in encoding or decoding JSON data. Here are the possible exceptions:

• InvalidArgumentException is thrown when the input data type is invalid or the JSON string is not valid.
• JsonException is thrown when there is an error in the JSON encoding or decoding process.

Make sure to handle these exceptions appropriately in your code.

Development

If you want to run the tests for this package, make sure you have PHPUnit installed. You can install it using Composer:

composer require --dev phpunit/phpunit

Then, run the tests with the following command:

vendor/bin/phpunit

License

This package is open source and released under the MIT License. Feel free to modify and distribute it as needed.