What are the best practices for structuring and analyzing JSON data in PHP before displaying it in a tabular format?

When structuring and analyzing JSON data in PHP before displaying it in a tabular format, it is best to decode the JSON data into an associative array using the json_decode() function. This allows for easier manipulation and extraction of the data. Once the data is in an array format, you can loop through the array to extract the necessary information and display it in a tabular format using HTML. 

// Sample JSON data
$json_data = '{
    "employees": [
        {"name": "John Doe", "position": "Developer", "salary": 50000},
        {"name": "Jane Smith", "position": "Designer", "salary": 60000}
    ]
}';

// Decode JSON data into an associative array
$data = json_decode($json_data, true);

// Display data in a tabular format
echo '<table>';
echo '<tr><th>Name</th><th>Position</th><th>Salary</th></tr>';
foreach ($data['employees'] as $employee) {
    echo '<tr>';
    echo '<td>' . $employee['name'] . '</td>';
    echo '<td>' . $employee['position'] . '</td>';
    echo '<td>' . $employee['salary'] . '</td>';
    echo '</tr>';
}
echo '</table>';

Keywords

JSON data structure PHP functions tabular format analysis

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