json_last_error_msg

(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

json_last_error_msg — Returns the error string of the last json_encode() or json_decode() call

Description

json_last_error_msg(): string

Returns the error string of the last json_encode() or json_decode() call, which did not specify JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns the error message on success, or "No error" if no error has occurred.

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Anonymous ¶

9 years ago

Here's an updated version of the function:

<?php
    if (!function_exists('json_last_error_msg')) {
        function json_last_error_msg() {
            static $ERRORS = array(
                JSON_ERROR_NONE => 'No error',
                JSON_ERROR_DEPTH => 'Maximum stack depth exceeded',
                JSON_ERROR_STATE_MISMATCH => 'State mismatch (invalid or malformed JSON)',
                JSON_ERROR_CTRL_CHAR => 'Control character error, possibly incorrectly encoded',
                JSON_ERROR_SYNTAX => 'Syntax error',
                JSON_ERROR_UTF8 => 'Malformed UTF-8 characters, possibly incorrectly encoded'
            );

            $error = json_last_error();
            return isset($ERRORS[$error]) ? $ERRORS[$error] : 'Unknown error';
        }
    }
?>