*
* @since 1.24
*/
- const FORCE_ASSOC = 0x1;
+ const FORCE_ASSOC = 0x100;
/**
* If set, attempts to fix invalid json.
*
* @since 1.24
*/
- const TRY_FIXING = 0x2;
+ const TRY_FIXING = 0x200;
/**
* Regex that matches whitespace inside empty arrays and objects.
}
/**
- * Decodes a JSON string.
+ * Decodes a JSON string. It is recommended to use FormatJson::parse(), which returns more comprehensive
+ * result in case of an error, and has more parsing options.
*
* @param string $value The JSON string being decoded
* @param bool $assoc When true, returned objects will be converted into associative arrays.
*
* @return mixed The value encoded in JSON in appropriate PHP type.
- * `null` is returned if the JSON cannot be decoded or if the encoded data is deeper than
- * the recursion limit.
+ * `null` is returned if $value represented `null`, if $value could not be decoded,
+ * or if the encoded data was deeper than the recursion limit.
+ * Use FormatJson::parse() to distinguish between types of `null` and to get proper error code.
*/
public static function decode( $value, $assoc = false ) {
return json_decode( $value, $assoc );
/**
* Decodes a JSON string.
+ * Unlike FormatJson::decode(), if $value represents null value, it will be properly decoded as valid.
*
* @param string $value The JSON string being decoded
- * @param int $options A bit field that allows FORCE_ASSOC, TRY_FIXING, WRAP_RESULT
- * For backward compatibility, FORCE_ASSOC is set to 1 to match the legacy 'true'
- * @return Status If good, the value is available in $result->getValue()
+ * @param int $options A bit field that allows FORCE_ASSOC, TRY_FIXING
+ * @return Status If valid JSON, the value is available in $result->getValue()
*/
public static function parse( $value, $options = 0 ) {
$assoc = ( $options & self::FORCE_ASSOC ) !== 0;