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Helpers

Json

When creating views that return JSON, it's important to also set the appropriate response header. The JSON view helper does exactly that. In addition, by default, it disables layouts (if currently enabled), as layouts generally aren't used with JSON responses.

The JSON helper sets the following header:

Content-Type: application/json

Most XmlHttpRequest libraries look for this header when parsing responses to determine how to handle the content.

Basic Usage

<?= $this->json($this->data) ?>

Deprecated

Enabling encoding using Laminas\Json\Expr

This feature of the Json view helper has been deprecated in version 2.16 and will be removed in version 3.0.

The JSON helper accepts an array of options that will be passed to Laminas\Json\Json::encode() and used internally to encode data. Laminas\Json\Json::encode allows the encoding of native JSON expressions using Laminas\Json\Expr objects. This option is disabled by default. To enable this option, pass a boolean true to the enableJsonExprFinder key of the options array:

<?= $this->json($this->data, ['enableJsonExprFinder' => true]) ?>
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The JSON helper accepts an array of options that will be passed to `Laminas\Json\Json::encode()` and
used internally to encode data.
`Laminas\Json\Json::encode` allows the encoding of native JSON expressions using `Laminas\Json\Expr`
objects. This option is disabled by default. To enable this option, pass a boolean `true` to the
`enableJsonExprFinder` key of the options array:

```php
<?= $this->json($this->data, ['enableJsonExprFinder' => true]) ?>