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  1. @GloryFish GloryFish revised this gist Jun 24, 2011. 1 changed file with 2 additions and 0 deletions.
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    <?php

    /**
    * Formats a JSON string for pretty printing
    *
  2. @GloryFish GloryFish created this gist Jun 24, 2011.
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    /**
    * Formats a JSON string for pretty printing
    *
    * @param string $json The JSON to make pretty
    * @param bool $html Insert nonbreaking spaces and <br />s for tabs and linebreaks
    * @return string The prettified output
    * @author Jay Roberts
    */
    function _format_json($json, $html = false) {
    $tabcount = 0;
    $result = '';
    $inquote = false;
    $ignorenext = false;

    if ($html) {
    $tab = "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;";
    $newline = "<br/>";
    } else {
    $tab = "\t";
    $newline = "\n";
    }

    for($i = 0; $i < strlen($json); $i++) {
    $char = $json[$i];

    if ($ignorenext) {
    $result .= $char;
    $ignorenext = false;
    } else {
    switch($char) {
    case '{':
    $tabcount++;
    $result .= $char . $newline . str_repeat($tab, $tabcount);
    break;
    case '}':
    $tabcount--;
    $result = trim($result) . $newline . str_repeat($tab, $tabcount) . $char;
    break;
    case ',':
    $result .= $char . $newline . str_repeat($tab, $tabcount);
    break;
    case '"':
    $inquote = !$inquote;
    $result .= $char;
    break;
    case '\\':
    if ($inquote) $ignorenext = true;
    $result .= $char;
    break;
    default:
    $result .= $char;
    }
    }
    }

    return $result;
    }