Slim JSON Outputs

Question

I am using the Slim framework with PHP to create a RESTful API for my app. However, I assumed that the framework would have some way of creating easier JSON outputs rather than

Answer 1

//JSON output in slim3

$app->get('/users', function($request,$response,$args) {

    require 'db_connect.php';

    $stmt = $pdo->query("SELECT * FROM users");
    $result=$stmt->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);

    if ($stmt->rowCount() > 0) {
        return $response->withStatus(200)
                ->withHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json')
                ->write(json_encode($result));


    }
    else{
        $result = array(
            "status" => "false",
            "message" => "Result not found"
            );
        return $response->withStatus(200)
                ->withHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json')
                ->write(json_encode($result));
    }
});