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JSON: Renaming and Deleting Members

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Demonstrates renaming and deleting members. This example uses the following JSON document:
{
   "apple": "red",
   "lime": "green",
   "banana": "yellow",
   "broccoli": "green",
   "strawberry": "red"
}

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<?php

$success = 0;

$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");

$success = $json->Load('{\'apple\': \'red\',\'lime\': \'green\',\'banana\': \'yellow\',\'broccoli\': \'green\',\'strawberry\': \'red\'}');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $json->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Rename "lime" to "lemon".
$success = $json->Rename('lime','lemon');
// Change the color to yellow:
$success = $json->SetStringOf('lemon','yellow');

// Rename by index.  Banana is at index 2 (apple is at index 0)
$success = $json->RenameAt(2,'bartlett_pear');

// Delete broccoli by name
$success = $json->Delete('broccoli');

// Delete apple by index.  Apple is at index 0.
$success = $json->DeleteAt(0);

$json->EmitCompact = 0;
print $json->emit() . "\n";

?>