PHP Array to JSON

PHP array to JSON converter helps you convert PHP arrays into JSON format quickly and accurately. This free online tool is ideal for developers who want to serialize PHP data for APIs, front-end applications, or storage. Paste your PHP array code, and the converter will instantly generate the equivalent JSON output.

PHP Array Input
JSON Output

1 How to use this tool

  1. Paste your PHP array code into the PHP Array Input editor.
  2. Or click Upload PHP to load a file containing a PHP array.
  3. The tool will automatically parse and convert the array to JSON.
  4. Click Copy JSON to use the data in your project.

2 Example

PHP Array Input

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[
    'id' => 1,
    'name' => 'John Doe',
    'role' => 'Admin',
    'active' => true,
    'skills' => ['PHP', 'JavaScript', 'SQL']
]

JSON Output

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{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "John Doe",
  "role": "Admin",
  "active": true,
  "skills": [
    "PHP",
    "JavaScript",
    "SQL"
  ]
}

3 Benefits of using this tool

Client-Side Parsing

Parses PHP arrays directly in your browser without executing any PHP code on a server.

Support for Short Syntax

Works with both modern short array syntax [] and legacy array() syntax.

4 Privacy and Security

This tool operates entirely in your browser. Your data is processed locally using JavaScript and is never sent to any external server. You can safely use this tool with proprietary code snippets.

Related Tools

Need to convert JSON back to PHP? Use our JSON to PHP Array converter.

Working with CSV? Try our PHP Array to CSV converter.

Want to visualize your PHP array? Check out the PHP Array to Table Viewer.

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