Native PHP array support

[HeathNaylor]

In the Overview markdown, it is noted that array types are not supported by default.

In my use case, we are working with raw PHP array's to avoid memory bloat as we are operating on a large number of results.

Is there any reason we do not want to provide array support specifically?

[matt-allan]

Hello 👋

This is covered in the FAQ. http://json-guard.thephpleague.com/faq

If you decoded your json as an array (json_decode($data, true)), an empty object is decoded the same as an empty array; they both decode to []. This would make it impossible to validate “type”: “object” or “type”: “array” when the object/array is empty.

[HeathNaylor]

@yuloh so, for our scenario for the time being, would you say that creating our own rule set to operate on the array is the path forward?

[matt-allan]

You would probably need to change most of the library (and json-reference if using references).

• update all property_exists calls to check for a property or an array key
• update is_object checks to check for both objects and arrays
• update is_array checks to make sure it's an actual JSON array and not an object

You will also need to change the validator because it checks for an object, so just a rule set wouldn't work.