What is the best way to organize work with json?

Question

PHP

Getting familiar with the json format. I emulate the situation. Instead of a database file with json. Now every function for working with data always starts with json_decode at the input, and is the json_encode return normal? The data that on any should be converted here and there. I just wonder if there is another way?

Answer 1

In PHP, you can only convert JSON to an array or object using json_decode. And convert from PHP to JSON only through json_encode.
What exactly are your concerns?

Answer 2

Yes, this is absolutely normal. JSON was invented for this - to transfer information.
If the data is PHP oriented, I recommend using serialize() instead of json_encode(). There are small bonuses in terms of working with objects that are lost when using json_encode ().