How to develop JSON with PHP

JSON is pretty flexible when you want to pull data from MySQL database and feed it to the front end software such as Web-based applications or Desktop software or even Mobile applications like Android, iPhone, iPad. I’ll just give you a simple example that is running PHP to feed data to a front end app. On the Android, you’ll build an interface that let user input a word in English (for example: eat), then hit the Submit button to translate this word into Italian and…

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What is JSON?

According to IT Wiki, JSON (/ˈdʒeɪsən/), or JavaScript Object Notation, is a text-based open standard designed for human-readable data interchange. It is derived from the JavaScript scripting language for representing simple data structures and associative arrays, called objects. Despite its relationship to JavaScript, it is language-independent, with parsers available for many languages. The JSON format was originally specified by Douglas Crockford, and is described in RFC 4627. The official Internet media type for JSON is application/json. The JSON filename extension is .json. The JSON format…

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