Ukufunda kunye nokukhohlisa iifayile ze-JSON ngumsebenzi oqhelekileyo kwihlabathi lophuhliso lwe-PHP. I-JSON, emele i-JavaScript Object Notation, iye yaba ngumgangatho owamkelwa ngokubanzi wotshintshiselwano lwedatha ngenxa yokulula kunye nokwakheka kobunzima bokukhanya. Ngaphandle kwegama layo, i-JSON yifomati yedatha ezimeleyo. Oku kuthetha ukuba sinokuyisebenzisa ngokufanelekileyo kwi-PHP kunye nezinye iilwimi ezifana neJavaScript, i-C #, i-Python, njl. Kule khokelo, siza kujonga ngakumbi ukuba sinokufunda njani idatha yefayile ye-JSON usebenzisa i-PHP ngesinyathelo-by- inyathelo lokuhamba ngekhowudi.
I-PHP ibonelela ngemisebenzi eyakhelwe-ngaphakathi yokulawula idatha ye-JSON, ibhengeza abaphuhlisi ngokulula kunye nokuhambelana phambili. Ingaba usebenza kwisicelo esincinci okanye uphatha iiseti ezinkulu zedatha, i-PHP kunye ne-JSON yenza udibaniso olunamandla.