Some data lost when decode JSON to PHP array - php

Question

I can decode JSON in PHP To array But some data that have in JSON disappear when decode to array.
This is my JSON file
[
{
"name": "Games1",
"price": "€ 25.53",
"platform": "<span class=\"platform battle-net\"></span>",
"region": "GLOBAL",
"url": "localhost"
},
{
"name": "Games2",
"price": "€ 24.99",
"platform": "<span class=\"platform xbox-live\"></span>",
"region": "GLOBAL",
"url": "localhost"
}
]
This is my php code
$data = file_get_contents("game.json");
for ($i = 0; $i <= 31; ++$i) {
$data = str_replace(chr($i), "", $data);
}
$data = str_replace(chr(127), "", $data);
if (0 === strpos(bin2hex($data), 'efbbbf')) {
$data = substr($data, 3);
}
$data = json_decode($data,true);
print_r($data);
My result from print_r($data);
Array ( [0] => Array ( [name] => Games1 [price] => € 25.53 [platform] => [region] => GLOBAL [url] => localhost )
[1] => Array ( [name] => Games2 [price] => € 24.99 [platform] => [region] => GLOBAL [url] => localhost ) )
My value in Platform is disappear. Can anyone know What is the problem?

Answer 1

Your JSON contains HTML tags, and these are being interpreted by the browser when it shows the result of print_r(). Use the browser's View Source command to see the raw output and you should see the spans.
You can also use htmlentities() to convert them to escaped characters, which will be shown as is by the browser.
$output = print_r($data, true);
echo "<pre>" . htmlentities($output, ENT_COMPAT) . "</pre>";
Using <pre> will maintain the formatting as well.

Answer 2

In order to keep HTML inside of JSON, you have to follow multiple rules:
Escape quotation marks
<span class=\"class-name\"><\/span>
Escape the forward slash in closing tags <\/span>
In self closing tags, leave a space between slash and closing bracket.
<img ... />
Make sure to encode special character entities like this:
€
Additionally, you can avoid duplicating your
<span> tags, and just store their class name like this: "platform": "battle-net", or "platform": "xbox-live",.