How to create such an array programmatically (php)?

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PHP

How to create such an array programmatically (php)?

{"response": {
        "count": 16,
        "items":[{
        "id": "1",
        "is_dir": "true"        
        },{
        "id": "2",
        "is_dir": "false"   
        }]  
    }
    }

Answer 1

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$array = [
"response" => [
"count" => 16,
"items" =>  [
[
 "id"=>"1",
        "is_dir"=> "true"    
],
[
 "id"=>"2",
        "is_dir"=> "false"    
]] ]]