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<?php $form_item = 3; $original_json = array("122240cb-253c-4046-adcd-ae81266709a6"=> array( array("item" => $form_item) )); echo json_encode($original_json, JSON_FORCE_OBJECT + JSON_PRETTY_PRINT); echo "\n---\n"; $form_item = "3"; $desired_json = array("122240cb-253c-4046-adcd-ae81266709a6"=> array( "item" => array($form_item) )); echo json_encode($desired_json, JSON_FORCE_OBJECT + JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);