Usually, you would do something like this:
$post_data = json_encode(array('item' => $post_data));
But, as it seems you want the output to be with “{}
“, you better make sure to force json_encode()
to encode as object, by passing the JSON_FORCE_OBJECT
constant.
$post_data = json_encode(array('item' => $post_data), JSON_FORCE_OBJECT);
“{}
” brackets specify an object and “[]
” are used for arrays according to JSON specification.