(PHP ActiveX) JSON Hex Encoding

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Let's say your JSON contains content that is hex encoded like this: \u05d1\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7

This example shows how to get the decoded string.

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<?php

$s = '{ \'example\': \'\\u05d1\\u05d3\\u05d9\\u05e7\' }';

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.JsonObject')
$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");

$success = $json->Load($s);

// When getting the member data, it is automatically decoded.
print 'member data: ' . $json->stringOf('example') . "\n";

// Output:
// member data: בדיק

// When getting the full JSON, it remains encoded. This is expected and intentional.
print 'full JSON: ' . $json->emit() . "\n";

// Output:
// full JSON: {"example":"\u05d1\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7"}

// To get the full JSON without the encoding, you can decode manually.
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.StringBuilder')
$sb = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$json->EmitSb($sb);
// The hex encoding used by JSON is utf-8.
$sb->Decode('json','utf-8');

print $sb->getAsString() . "\n";

// Output:
// {"example":"בדיק"}

?>