ghostwriter/json

Safely encode and decode JSON

3.0.3 5.6M downloads/mo #1453 most downloaded on Packagist ghostwriter/json

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Last release 2 months ago

19 Jun 2026

Ships unpredictably

gaps range from 2 weeks to 1.8 years

Most releases are documented

notes for 10 of 12 stable releases

Nothing withdrawn

no release was ever pulled

4 years old

12 releases · first in 2022

3 releases in the last 12 months

see the full history below

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12 releases · Jul 2022 to Jun 2026

2023 2024 2025 2026

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3.0.3 19 Jun 2026

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3.0.2 14 Apr 2026

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3.0.1 25 Nov 2025

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3.0.0 09 Feb 2024
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Removed
- Constant Ghostwriter\Json\Interface\JsonInterface::DECODE was removed
- Constant Ghostwriter\Json\Interface\JsonInterface::DEPTH was removed
- Constant Ghostwriter\Json\Interface\JsonInterface::EMPTY was removed
- Constant Ghostwriter\Json\Interface\JsonInterface::ENCODE was removed
- Constant Ghostwriter\Json\Interface\JsonInterface::IGNORE was removed
- Constant Ghostwriter\Json\Interface\JsonInterface::PRETTY was removed
Changed
- The return type of Ghostwriter\Json\Interface\JsonInterface#decode() changed from mixed to array
- Parameter 1 of Ghostwriter\Json\Interface\JsonInterface#encode() changed name from int $flags = 0 to bool $prettyPrint = false
- Parameter 1 of Ghostwriter\Json\Interface\JsonInterface#validate() changed name from int $flags = 0 to bool $ignoreInvalidUtf8 = false
Full Changelog: 2.0.0...3.0.0
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Removed
- Constant Ghostwriter\Json\Interface\JsonInterface::DECODE was removed
- Constant Ghostwriter\Json\Interface\JsonInterface::DEPTH was removed
- Constant Ghostwriter\Json\Interface\JsonInterface::EMPTY was removed
- Constant Ghostwriter\Json\Interface\JsonInterface::ENCODE was removed
- Constant Ghostwriter\Json\Interface\JsonInterface::IGNORE was removed
- Constant Ghostwriter\Json\Interface\JsonInterface::PRETTY was removed
Changed
- The return type of Ghostwriter\Json\Interface\JsonInterface#decode() changed from mixed to array
- Parameter 1 of Ghostwriter\Json\Interface\JsonInterface#encode() changed name from int $flags = 0 to bool $prettyPrint = false
- Parameter 1 of Ghostwriter\Json\Interface\JsonInterface#validate() changed name from int $flags = 0 to bool $ignoreInvalidUtf8 = false
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2.0.0 09 Dec 2023
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- Drop PHP <= 8.2
- Add validate method
- Json class methods are now, non-static
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- Drop PHP <= 8.2
- Add validate method
- Json class methods are now, non-static
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1.2.0 16 Aug 2023

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1.1.0 17 Jan 2023
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What's Changed
- Update composer dependencies by @ghostwriter in #11
- Lock file maintenance by @ghostwriter in #12
- Drop PHP 8.0 by @ghostwriter in #13
Full Changelog: 1.0.1...1.1.0
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- Drop PHP 8.0
- Add Changelog
- Add coding-standard
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1.0.1 02 Dec 2022
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- Update composer dependencies by @ghostwriter in #9
- Bump psalm to ^5.1 by @ghostwriter in #10
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1.0.0 04 Oct 2022

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0.1.2 20 Sep 2022
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- Update composer dependancies by @ghostwriter in #8
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0.1.1 09 Aug 2022

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0.1.0 11 Jul 2022

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