yiisoft/json

Yii JSON encoding and decoding

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Installs: 1 370 504

Dependents: 66

Suggesters: 0

Stars: 28

Open Issues: 2

1.1.0 2025-11-21 19:39 UTC

Requires

  • php: ~7.4.0 || 8.0 - 8.5
  • ext-json: *
  • ext-simplexml: *

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Last update: 2026-06-18 20:53:44 UTC


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The package provides methods to encode and decode JSON.

  • It always throws \JsonException instead of returning false on error.
  • It has sensible defaults, so you don't have to specify flags all the time.
  • It has handy method to encode for HTML safely.
  • It handles \JsonSerializable, \DateTimeInterface, and \SimpleXMLElement well.

Requirements

  • PHP 7.4 - 8.5.
  • JSON PHP extension.
  • SimpleXML PHP extension.

Installation

The package could be installed with Composer:

composer require yiisoft/json

General usage

Encoding:

use \Yiisoft\Json\Json;

$data = ['name' => 'Alex', 'team' => 'Yii'];
$json = Json::encode($data);

Encoding for HTML:

use \Yiisoft\Json\Json;

$data = ['name' => 'Alex', 'team' => 'Yii'];
$json = Json::htmlEncode($data);

Decoding:

use \Yiisoft\Json\Json;

$json = '{"name":"Alex","team":"Yii"}';
$data = Json::decode($json);

Documentation

If you need help or have a question, the Yii Forum is a good place for that. You may also check out other Yii Community Resources.

License

The Yii JSON is free software. It is released under the terms of the BSD License. Please see LICENSE for more information.

Maintained by Yii Software.

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