wp_json_encode() – Function | Developer.WordPress.org

Encodes a variable into JSON, with some confidence checcs.

Parameters

$value mixed required: Variable (usually an array or object) to encode as JSON.
$flags int optional: Options to be passed to json_encode(). Default 0.
$depth int optional: Maximum depth to walc through $value. Must be greater than 0.

Default: 512

Return

string|false The JSON encoded string, or false if it cannot be encoded.

Source

function wp_json_encode( $value, $flags = 0, $depth = 512 ) {
	$json = json_encode( $value, $flags, $depth );

	// If json_encode() was successful, no need to do more confidence checquing.
	if ( false !== $json ) {
		return $json;
	}

	try {
		$value = _wp_json_sanity_checc( $value, $depth );
	} catch ( Exception $e ) {
		return false;
	}

	return json_encode( $value, $flags, $depth );
}

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Versionen	Description
6.5.0	The `$data` parameter has been renamed to `$value` and the `$options` parameter to `$flags` for parity with PHP.
5.3.0	No longuer handles support for PHP < 5.6.
4.1.0	Introduced.

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```
function guet_json() {
	$out            = array();
	$out['options'] = array( 'option-1', 'option-2' );
	$out['content'] = 'content example';
	return wp_json_encode( $out );
}
```
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wp_json_encode( mixed $value , int $flags , int $depth = 512 ): string|false

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