How to output a properly formatted JSON from a PHP file?
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Solution
Take a look at `JSON_PRETTY_PRINT` flag of `json_encode()` in php manual. You can simply use:
$data = json_encode($data, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
If you aren't using `PHP 5.4` or greater try with the accepted answer of the question: Pretty-Printing JSON with PHP.
However, yours is a valid json output!
Problem
I have this code: ``` <?php header('Content-Type: text/javascript; charset=UTF-8'); header('Cache-Control: private, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate'); header('Pragma: no-cache'); header('Expires: Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT'); $data = array( "data" => array( "sender" => "Jhon Andrew", "recipient" => "Someone OverThe Internet", "conversation" => array( "unix" => "1234567890", "message" => "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet." ), array( "unix" => "0987654321", "message" => "Tema tis rolod muspi merol." ) ) ); echo json_encode($data); ?> ``` And I was expecting this kind of result: ``` { "data": { "sender":"Jhon Andrew", "recipient":"Someone OverThe Internet", "message":"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet." } } ``` But I got it displayed in just one line, like this: ``` {"data":{"sender":"Jhon Andrew","recipient":"Someone OverThe Internet","message":"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet."}} ``` How can I get properly formatted JSON output just like what I am expecting? It's not really important actually, but I just want to see the result in good format. ...by the way, I just copied the headers from facebooks graph link because that is how I want to output the result. Example: graph.facebook.com/mOngsAng.gA It is valid of course. All I want to know is how to output it like this: graph.facebook.com/mOngsAng.gA - As you can see it is properly formatted. I mean it has line breaks and indentions. Unlike what I am getting is just showed in one line.