JSON has become a mainstay in the vast HTTP toolbox. In order to make JSON more stable and to increase the longevity of the data structure there must be some standards put into place. These standards ...

Accepts encoded JSON strings as well as decoded PHP data as input, supports both representations in output. Selects, deletes or replaces parts of JSON document using JSONPath queries. Recognizes ...

Now consider Listing 5, where instead of holding a name in the bestfriend property, we hold a reference to the actual object. Another type of structure that JSON properties can have is arrays.