JSON_LAST_ERROR(3)							 1							JSON_LAST_ERROR(3)

json_last_error - Returns the last error occurred

SYNOPSIS

       int json_last_error (void  )

DESCRIPTION

	Returns the last error (if any) occurred during the last JSON encoding/decoding.

PARAMETERS

       This function has no parameters.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns an integer, the value can be one of the following constants:

       JSON error codes

       +----------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
       |	 Constant	    |							|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |			   Meaning			|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |			Availability			|
       |			    |							|
       +----------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
       |			    |							|
       |      JSON_ERROR_NONE	    |							|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |		    No error has occurred		|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |		      T{				|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |		      JSON_ERROR_DEPTH			|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |	  The maximum stack depth has been exceeded	|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |		  T{					|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |		  JSON_ERROR_STATE_MISMATCH		|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |		  Invalid or malformed JSON		|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |		    T{					|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |		    JSON_ERROR_CTRL_CHAR		|
       |			    |							|
       |			    | Control  character  error,  possibly  incorrectly |
       |			    | encoded						|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |		      T{				|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |		      JSON_ERROR_SYNTAX 		|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |			Syntax error			|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |		       T{				|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |		       JSON_ERROR_UTF8			|
       |			    |							|
       |			    | Malformed UTF-8 characters, possibly  incorrectly |
       |			    | encoded						|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |			  PHP 5.3.3			|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |							|
       |   JSON_ERROR_RECURSION     |							|
       |			    |							|
       |			    | One  or more recursive references in the value to |
       |			    | be encoded					|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |			  PHP 5.5.0			|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |							|
       |   JSON_ERROR_INF_OR_NAN    |							|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |  One or more NAN or INF values in the value to be |
       |			    | encoded						|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |			  PHP 5.5.0			|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |							|
       |JSON_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_TYPE |							|
       |			    |							|
       |			    | A  value	of  a  type  that cannot be encoded was |
       |			    | given						|
       |			    |							|
       |			    |			  PHP 5.5.0			|
       |			    |							|
       +----------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      json_last_error(3) example

	      <?php
	      // A valid json string
	      $json[] = '{"Organization": "PHP Documentation Team"}';

	      // An invalid json string which will cause an syntax
	      // error, in this case we used ' instead of " for quotation
	      $json[] = "{'Organization': 'PHP Documentation Team'}";

	      foreach ($json as $string) {
		  echo 'Decoding: ' . $string;
		  json_decode($string);

		  switch (json_last_error()) {
		      case JSON_ERROR_NONE:
			  echo ' - No errors';
		      break;
		      case JSON_ERROR_DEPTH:
			  echo ' - Maximum stack depth exceeded';
		      break;
		      case JSON_ERROR_STATE_MISMATCH:
			  echo ' - Underflow or the modes mismatch';
		      break;
		      case JSON_ERROR_CTRL_CHAR:
			  echo ' - Unexpected control character found';
		      break;
		      case JSON_ERROR_SYNTAX:
			  echo ' - Syntax error, malformed JSON';
		      break;
		      case JSON_ERROR_UTF8:
			  echo ' - Malformed UTF-8 characters, possibly incorrectly encoded';
		      break;
		      default:
			  echo ' - Unknown error';
		      break;
		  }

		  echo PHP_EOL;
	      }
	      ?>

	      The above example will output:

	      Decoding: {"Organization": "PHP Documentation Team"} - No errors
	      Decoding: {'Organization': 'PHP Documentation Team'} - Syntax error, malformed JSON

       Example #2

	      json_last_error(3) with json_encode(3)

	      <?php
	      // An invalid UTF8 sequence
	      $text = "xB1x31";

	      $json  = json_encode($text);
	      $error = json_last_error();

	      var_dump($json, $error === JSON_ERROR_UTF8);
	      ?>

	      The above example will output:

	      string(4) "null"
	      bool(true)

SEE ALSO

       json_last_error_msg(3), json_decode(3), json_encode(3).

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