Encodes a variable into JSON, with some confidence checks.

Parameters

$valuemixedrequired

Variable (usually an array or object) to encode as JSON.

$flagsintoptional

Options to be passed to json_encode(). Default 0.

$depthintoptional

Maximum depth to walk through $value. Must be greater than 0.

Default:512

Return

Source

function wp_json_encode( $value, $flags = 0, $depth = 512 ) {
	$json = json_encode( $value, $flags, $depth );

	// If json_encode() was successful, no need to do more confidence checking.
	if ( false !== $json ) {
		return $json;
	}

	try {
		$value = _wp_json_sanity_check( $value, $depth );
	} catch ( Exception $e ) {
		return false;
	}

	return json_encode( $value, $flags, $depth );
}

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