<?php
$myFruits = array("apples"=>1, "oranges"=>3, "bananas"=>5);$data = array();foreach ($myFruits as $key => $value) { // initialize an associative array for each fruit $val = array(); array_push($val, array("name" => $key)); // add it to the list of fruits array_push($data, $val);}// assign list of fruits to "fruits" key$outData = array("fruits" => $data);echo json_encode($outData);