json_format.php

<?php

// Pretty print some JSON
function json_format($json)
{
    $tab = "  ";
    $new_json = "";
    $indent_level = 0;
    $in_string = false;

/*
 commented out by monk.e.boy 22nd May '08
 because my web server is PHP4, and
 json_* are PHP5 functions...

    $json_obj = json_decode($json);

    if($json_obj === false)
        return false;

    $json = json_encode($json_obj);
*/
    $len = strlen($json);

    for($c = 0; $c < $len; $c++)
    {
        $char = $json[$c];
        switch($char)
        {
            case '{':
            case '[':
                if(!$in_string)
                {
                    $new_json .= $char . "\n" . str_repeat($tab, $indent_level+1);
                    $indent_level++;
                }
                else
                {
                    $new_json .= $char;
                }
                break;
            case '}':
            case ']':
                if(!$in_string)
                {
                    $indent_level--;
                    $new_json .= "\n" . str_repeat($tab, $indent_level) . $char;
                }
                else
                {
                    $new_json .= $char;
                }
                break;
            case ',':
                if(!$in_string)
                {
                    $new_json .= ",\n" . str_repeat($tab, $indent_level);
                }
                else
                {
                    $new_json .= $char;
                }
                break;
            case ':':
                if(!$in_string)
                {
                    $new_json .= ": ";
                }
                else
                {
                    $new_json .= $char;
                }
                break;
            case '"':
                if($c > 0 && $json[$c-1] != '\\')
                {
                    $in_string = !$in_string;
                }
            default:
                $new_json .= $char;
                break;                   
        }
    }

    return $new_json;
}