Print json in pretty format using php code - php

Question

I have array like below.
$resultArr = array();
$resultArr['status code'] = 200;
$resultArr['result'] = "Success";
$json = json_encode($resultArr,JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
return $json;
This is giving result like below
"{\n \"status code\": \"200\",\n \"result\": \"Success\",\n}"
without Pretty_print the result is like below
"{\"status code\":\"200\",\"result\":\"Success\"}"
I want response to be like this
{
"status code": 200,
"result": "Success"
}
Is something like this can be done pls, I am using PHP, Running the request in postman and the response are mentioned above
Note: I need to avoid using echo, because we are using code sniffers in project, so echo is not recommended.

Answer 1

You used JSON_PRETTY_PRINT for beautify output purpose,
$json = json_encode($resultArr,JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
If you want to use it as response remove that parameter,
$json = json_encode($resultArr);
Above line should work.

Answer 2

First of all, remove the JSON_PRETTY_PRINT flag.
Secondly, your problem is with the backslashes (\). These are escape characters. I don't know how you are printing your json or how you are viewing it.
If I do:
echo $json;
It outputs:
{"status code":200,"result":"Success"}
The backslashes are probably added because you're doing an AJAX request. In order to solve this, you could use jQueries .parseJSON() or add dataType: "json" to your ajax request.
And if you really don't want the backslashes to be added:
$json = json_encode($resultArr, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES);
Update
It might help to output using the following header:
header('Content-Type: application/json');

Answer 3

1. for Output Of API You Can Use Api:
header('Content-Type: application/json');
2. Using JSON_PRETTY_PRINT
$json = json_encode($resultArr,JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
3. You want To Display In Chrome
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/json-handle/?src=recommended