how to get response in json format using twilio sdk - php

Question

I am using Twilio's PHP SDK to send SMS. Below is the code:
<?php
// Required if your environment does not handle autoloading
require './autoload.php';
// Use the REST API Client to make requests to the Twilio REST API
use Twilio\Rest\Client;
// Your Account SID and Auth Token from twilio.com/console
$sid = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX';
$token = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX';
$client = new Client($sid, $token);
// Use the client to do fun stuff like send text messages!
$client->messages->create(
// the number you'd like to send the message to
'+XXXXXXXXXX',
array(
// A Twilio phone number you purchased at twilio.com/console
'from' => '+XXXXXXXX',
// the body of the text message you'd like to send
'body' => 'Hey Jenny! Good luck on the bar exam!'
)
);
**Response:
[Twilio.Api.V2010.MessageInstance accountSid=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX sid=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX]**
How I can get the response in JSON Format?
Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

I'm not sure if I have understood your intent properly, however, I've created a new GitHub repository which I hope gives you the information that you're after, if you're still interested.
The MessageInstance object which the call to $client->messages->create() returns won't return anything of value when passed to json_encode(). This is because the relevant properties are contained in a protected property, so json_encode() cannot access them.
One option to get around this is to use a class which implements JsonSerializable and returns a JSON representation of a MessageInstance object, such as JsonMessageInstance.
Have a look at the code and let me know if this does what you wanted.

Answer 2

The quick answer is:
$json_string = json_encode(</POST|GET>);
Use the $_POST or $_GET super globals and you get a json string format.
e.g.
/*
* Imagine this is the POST request
*
* $_POST = [
* 'foo' => 'Hello',
* 'bar' => 'World!'
* ];
*
*/
$json_string = json_encode($_POST); // You get → {"foo":"Hello","bar":"World!"}
In this way you encode the values in a JSON representation.