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<?php function isJson($string, $assoc = false) { var_dump(json_decode($string)); if(is_string($string)) { json_decode($string, $assoc); return (json_last_error() == JSON_ERROR_NONE); // return json_decode($str) != null; } return false; } $a=['arraiii'=>['dentro'=>234]]; $b=json_encode($a); $c='{ "book": [ { "id":"01", "language": "Java", "edition": "third", "author": "Herbert Schildt" }, { "id":"07", "language": "C++", "edition": "second" "author": "E.Balagurusamy" }] }'; var_dump(isJson($c));

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