PHP provides strong solutions for JSON. json_encode($src_obj) converts obj to JSON text. json_decode($src_text) converts text string to JSON object.
<?php $arr = array('a' => 1, 'b' => 2, 'c' => 3, 'd' => 4, 'e' => 5); echo json_encode($arr); ?>
<?php $json = '{"a":1,"b":2,"c":3,"d":4,"e":5}'; var_dump(json_decode($json)); var_dump(json_decode($json, true)); ?>