Yup, you put result in an array $result = array('status' => 'good'); and return encoded string return Json_Encode($result); your client will get a string '{"status": "good"}' and you use your client tech(eg. javascrpt) to decode this string and finall get an object On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Anthony Papillion <papillion@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I'm developing a basic webservice to compliment a mobile application I'm > developing or iPhone. While I know how to encode simple variables and > arrays, I'm not sure how to do what I'm needing to do. Basically, I want to > encode a status message to return to the mobile client. Something like > > "status" "good_request" > > Right now, I'm thinking I should put this in an array and encode/return > that. But is that the right way of thinking? Is there a more correct or > better way to do this? > > Thanks! > Anthony > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >