This project is a rewritten fork of few very nice JSON libs for PHP:
There is an example of product catalog export using JSON Writer
$fh = fopen($filename, "w");
$writer = new Writer($fh);
$writer->enter(Writer::TYPE_OBJECT); // enter root object
$writer->write("catalog", $catalog['id']); // write key-value entry
$writer->enter("items", Writer::TYPE_ARRAY); // enter items array
foreach($catalog['products'] as $product) {
$writer->write(null, array( // write an array item
'sku' => $product['sku'],
'name' => $product['name']
));
}
$writer->leave(); // leave items array
$writer->leave(); // leave root object
fclose($fh);
Output
{"catalog":19,"items":[{"sku":"0001","name":"Product #1"},{"sku":"0002","name":"Product #2"}]}
Using JSON Reader you can easily read json generated by code above
$fh = fopen($filename, "r");
$reader = new Reader($fh);
$reader->enter(Reader::TYPE_OBJECT); // enter root object
$catalog['id'] = $reader->read("catalog"); // read catalog node
$reader->enter("items", Reader::TYPE_ARRAY); // enter item array
while($product = $reader->read()) { // read product structure
$catalog['products'][] = $product;
}
$reader->leave(); // leave item node
$reader->leave(); // leave root object
fclose($fh);