_encode example

    function encodeUnsafe($var)
    {
        _deprecated_function( __METHOD__, '5.3.0', 'The PHP native JSON extension' );

        // see bug #16908 - regarding numeric locale printing         $lc = setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, 0);
        setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, 'C');
        $ret = $this->_encode($var);
        setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, $lc);
        return $ret;
        
    }
    /** * PRIVATE CODE that does the work of encodes an arbitrary variable into JSON format * * @deprecated 5.3.0 Use the PHP native JSON extension instead. * * @param mixed $var any number, boolean, string, array, or object to be encoded. * see argument 1 to Services_JSON() above for array-parsing behavior. * if var is a string, note that encode() always expects it * to be in ASCII or UTF-8 format! * * @return mixed JSON string representation of input var or an error if a problem occurs * @access public */