allow reading/writing of json in one go

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/it.class b/it.class
index 649c84a..5f66c70 100644
--- a/it.class
+++ b/it.class
@@ -1111,6 +1111,7 @@ static function mail($p)
  * @param $filename name of file to read or - for stdin
  * @param $p['keyval'] each line of the file is one tab-separated key/value pair, return assoc array
  * @param $p['lines'] return file as array of lines without newline
+ * @param $p['json'] return data json-decoded, set to "assoc" to get objects as assoc arrays
  */
 static function file_get($filename, $p = array())
 {
@@ -1126,6 +1127,8 @@ static function file_get($filename, $p = array())
 		}
 		else if ($p['lines'])
 			$result = explode("\n", rtrim($data, "\n"));
+		else if ($p['json'])
+			$result = it::json_decode($data, ['assoc' => $p['json'] == "assoc", 'it_error' => ['title' => "bad json in $filename"]]);
 		else
 			$result = $data;
 	}
@@ -1139,6 +1142,7 @@ static function file_get($filename, $p = array())
  * @param $data data to write, string by default
  * @param $p['keyval'] $data must be an assoc array and is written as tab-separated lines
  * @param $p['lines'] write array of lines, appending newline
+ * @param $p['json'] write array as json
  * @param $p['mkdir'] create parent directory (one level)
  * @param $p['cdist'] distribute saved file
  */
@@ -1150,6 +1154,8 @@ static function file_put($filename, $data, $p = array())
 		$data = implode("", it::map('"$k\t$v\n"', $data));
 	else if ($p['lines'])
 		$data = count((array)$data) ? implode("\n", (array)$data) ."\n" : "";
+	else if ($p['json'])
+		$data = it::json_encode($data);
 
 	if ($p['mkdir'] && $filename != "-")
 		@mkdir(dirname($filename));