PHP is this an array or json?

Question

I would like to know the following is an array or json or something else in PHP language:

[
    'payment_method_types' => ['card'],
    'line_items' => [[
      'price_data' => [
        'currency' => 'usd',
        'product_data' => [
          'name' => 'T-shirt',
        ],
        'unit_amount' => 2000,
      ],
      'quantity' => 1,
    ]],
    'mode' => 'payment',
    'success_url' => 'https://example.com/success',
    'cancel_url' => 'https://example.com/cancel',
  ]

Thank you!

It's an array. JSON would be a string. Note the `=>` operators which are unique to PHP arrays — Phil, Aug 25 '20 at 04:49
JSON objects have curly brackets `{ }`, which you don't see here. — , Aug 25 '20 at 04:52
you literally could use [is_array()](http://php.net/manual/en/function.is-array.php) in PHP to find out your answer — André Walker, Aug 25 '20 at 04:54
@JHope It’s an array. You may want to update your question to tell us what exactly you’re confused about, so we can give more specific answers. — deceze, Aug 25 '20 at 04:58
`[]` is the short way to define an array, see here: https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php — catcon, Aug 25 '20 at 05:00
@KingDuken `"null"`, `"false"`, `"true"`, `"[1,2,3]"`, `"\"a string literal\""` are all valid JSON without any curly braces — Phil, Aug 25 '20 at 05:04

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 25 '20 at 04:51

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It's obviously an array. If you want to parse it in json, you can use the json_encode method.

answered Aug 25 '20 at 04:51

Duhamel

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“Parse” means from JSON to array… – deceze Aug 25 '20 at 04:52
but what is the [] ?? is it an array component? – JHope Aug 25 '20 at 04:55
@deceze or to csv, and so on. Not just in json – Duhamel Aug 25 '20 at 04:57
@JHope I'm not sure "component" is a PHP vocabulary, is it ? – Duhamel Aug 25 '20 at 04:58

PHP is this an array or json?

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