json encode is not working with array of objects

Question

I want to convert array of objects to json encoding, I make like this

$allVisits = $mapper->getAllVisits($year, $month);
echo json_encode($allVisits);
         


        

Answer 1

Are the properties private or protected for the object? If so, json encode can't see them inside the object. I get around this by creating a 'toJson' method in my objects that I need to serialize into json. In this method, I walk the objects properties and manually construct a generic object, that I pass to json_encode. Then I return the Json string from this method.

Do not just make all your object properties public!!!!