JSON Basics: What You Need to Know

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What is JSON, and what can it do? In this tutorial you learn how to use JSON to easily move data around the web. You also look at how to work with JSON using both JavaScript and PHP.

If you've developed websites or web apps at all, you've probably heard of JSON, at least in passing. But what exactly is JSON? What can it do, and how do you use it?

In this tutorial you'll learn the basics of JSON. You'll look at the following topics:
What JSON does
The kinds of things JSON is used for
How to create JSON strings
A simple JSON example
How JSON compares to XML, and
How to work with JSON using both JavaScript and PHP.

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