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+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Psy Shell.
+ *
+ * (c) 2012-2017 Justin Hileman
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Psy\Util;
+
+/**
+ * A static class to wrap JSON encoding/decoding with PsySH's default options.
+ */
+class Json
+{
+ /**
+ * Encode a value as JSON.
+ *
+ * @param mixed $val
+ * @param int $opt
+ *
+ * @return string
+ */
+ public static function encode($val, $opt = 0)
+ {
+ if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.4', '>=')) {
+ $opt |= JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE;
+ }
+
+ return json_encode($val, $opt);
+ }
+}