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

function _die($array){
   echo json_encode($array);
   exit;
}


$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table");
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)){
    $array[] = $row;
}

_die($array);