divinity76/json_decode_superset

superset of json_decode allowing decoding of javascript objects (useful for web scraping)

v1.0.1 2023-05-22 15:04 UTC

Requires

• php: >=7.4
• ext-mbstring: *

Unlicense

• scraping
• json decode
• javascript decode

README

superset of PHP's json_decode, allowing decoding of javascript objects (useful for web scraping)

Installation

install with Composer (recommended):

composer require divinity76/json_decode_superset;

alternatively, because it is a standalone php file, you may download the file json_decode_superset.php and include it in your project.

Usage

<?php
declare(strict_types=1);
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');
use function Divinity76\json_decode_superset\json_decode_superset;
$json_superset = '{test: "valid javascript object, but invalid json"}';
$php_array = json_decode_superset($json_superset, true, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
var_dump($php_array); // array(1) { ["test"]=> string(37) "valid javascript object, but invalid json" }

?>

Credits

Much of the code is borrowed from the Services_JSON library available at https://pear.php.net/package/Services_JSON, authored by Michal Migurski ([e-mail]), Matt Knapp (mdknapp[at]gmail[dot]com), and Brett Stimmerman (brettstimmerman[at]gmail[dot]com)