Type-safe JSON parsing and encoding for PHP.
While PHP's native json_parse() outputs plain arrays or stdClass objects, this library allows you to decode JSON into pre-defined classes. This allows you to use type-hints and IDE autocompletion for your JSON data.
eventjet/json is loosely based how JSON in handled in Go's encoding/json package.
composer require eventjet/jsonuse Eventjet\Json\Json;
enum Status: string {
case Active = 'active';
case Inactive = 'inactive';
}
final readonly class User
{
/**
* @param list<User> $friends
*/
public function __construct(
public string $name,
public Status $status,
public array $friends,
public string|null $email = null,
) {}
}
$json = '
{
"name": "John",
"status": "active",
"friends": [
{"name": "Jane", "status": "inactive", "friends": []}
]
}
';
$user = Json::decode($json, User::class);
echo $user->name; // John
echo $user->status; // Status::Active
echo $user->friends[0]->name; // Jane
echo $user->friends[0]->status; // Status::Inactive