Converts to and from JSON format.

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange format. It is easy for humans to read and write. It is easy for machines to parse and generate. It is based on a subset of the JavaScript Programming Language, Standard ECMA-262 3rd Edition - December 1999. This feature can also be found in Python. JSON is a text format that is completely language independent but uses conventions that are familiar to programmers of the C-family of languages, including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, TCL, and many others. These properties make JSON an ideal data-interchange language.

This package provides a simple encoder and decoder for JSON notation. It is intended for use with client-side Javascript applications that make use of HTTPRequest to perform server communication functions - data can be encoded into JSON notation for use in a client-side javascript, or decoded from incoming Javascript requests. JSON format is native to Javascript, and can be directly eval()'ed with no further parsing overhead

All strings should be in ASCII or UTF-8 format!

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• author: Brett Stimmerman <brettstimmerman[at]gmail[dot]com>
• author: Michal Migurski <mike-json@teczno.com>
• author: Matt Knapp <mdknapp[at]gmail[dot]com>
• version: CVS: $Id: JSON.php 292911 2010-01-02 04:04:10Z alan_k $
• copyright: 2005 Michal Migurski
• link: http://pear.php.net/pepr/pepr-proposal-show.php?id=198
• filesource: Source Code for this file
• license: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php