json_encode PHP array as JSON array not JSON object

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See Arrays in RFC 8259 The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format:

An array structure is represented as square brackets surrounding zero
or more values (or elements). Elements are separated by commas.

array = begin-array [ value *( value-separator value ) ] end-array

You are observing this behaviour because your array is not sequential – it has keys 0 and 2, but doesn’t have 1 as a key.

Just having numeric indexes isn’t enough. json_encode will only encode your PHP array as a JSON array if your PHP array is sequential – that is, if its keys are 0, 1, 2, 3, …

You can reindex your array sequentially using the array_values function to get the behaviour you want. For example, the code below works successfully in your use case:

echo json_encode(array_values($input)).

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