PHP: Give a name to an array of JSON objects?

Question

I have managed to get data from database in PHP file. From there(data.php),

$output = json_encode($result);

The result would be like this,<

Answer 1

Use nested encode and decode

$json = '[{"kitty":"Whitely"},{"kitty":"Tabby"},{"kitty":"Ruby"},{"kitty":"Silver"}]';

echo json_encode(array('kitten' => json_decode($json)));