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pecl-json-c

JSON-C wrapper

This is the sources repository for http://pecl.php.net/package/jsonc

This extension was created to be a drop-in alternative to the standard PHP 5 json extension, because of the licensing concerns over the JSON parser code used as part of the standard PHP json extension. See PHP bug #63520

As PHP 7 have a new ext/json extension, which is free, this extension will not be made comptible, and won't be available for PHP 7.

json_encode is the same than current PHP one.

json_decode use the json-c library and is mostly compatible.

A new option JSON_PARSER_NOTSTRICT allow to reduce parser strictness

• integer could start with zero
• string can be single or double-quoted
• comments are allowed in json string/files (Using /* */ or // until end of line)
• ignore trailing char after data
• no check for invalid UTF-8 characters

Also provide a new incremental parser object:

$parser = new JsonIncrementalParser();
$fic = fopen("somefile.json", "r");
do {
	$buf = fgets($fic);
	$ret = $parser->parse($buf);
} while ($buf && ($ret==JsonIncrementalParser::JSON_PARSER_CONTINUE));
$result = $parser->get();

or, even simpler:

$ret = $parser->parseFile("somefile.json");
$result = $parser->get();

Debian DEB available, since Jessie for PHP 5.5

• http://packages.debian.org/jessie/php5-json

Fedora RPM are available in official repo, since Fedora 19

• https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/php-pecl-jsonc

Ubuntu DEB available, since Saucy for PHP 5.5

• http://packages.ubuntu.com/saucy/php5-json

Fedora RPM are available in remi repo

• http://blog.famillecollet.com/post/2013/06/04/php-pecl-json-1.3.0-en

Windows build are available

• http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/releases/jsonc/
• http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/deps/

Merged PR in upstream json-c library (release pending)

• number must not have leading zeroes https://github.com/json-c/json-c/pull/90
• string must be double-quoted
• no comment in strict mode
• no trailing char after data https://github.com/json-c/json-c/pull/94

Pending PR in upstream json-c library

• none

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