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Zend_Json
provides convenience methods for serializing
native PHP to JSON and decoding JSON to native PHP. For more information
on JSON, visit the JSON project
site.
JSON, JavaScript Object Notation, can be used for data interchange between JavaScript and other languages. Since JSON can be directly evaluated by JavaScript, it is a more efficient and lightweight format than XML for exchanging data with JavaScript clients.
In addition, Zend_Json
provides a useful way to convert any
arbitrary XML formatted string into a JSON formatted string. This built-in
feature will enable PHP developers to transform the enterprise data
encoded in XML format into JSON format before sending it to browser-based
Ajax client applications. It provides an easy way to do dynamic data
conversion on the server-side code thereby avoiding unnecessary XML
parsing in the browser-side applications. It offers a nice utility
function that results in easier application-specific data processing techniques.