PHP wrapper for json_encode/json_decode for an easier usage in php

json.php

<?php
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// <author> ReactiioN </author>
//
// <file> json.php </file>
//
// <reference>
//  https://secure.php.net/manual/en/function.json-encode.php
//  https://secure.php.net/manual/de/function.json-decode.php
// </reference>
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
abstract class json {
  static public function parse($json_string, $as_array = false) {
    return json_decode($json_string, $as_array);
  }

  static public function array_to_json($array, $as_string = false) {
    $json_string = json::to_string($array);
    return $as_string
      ? $json_string
      : json::parse($json_string);
  }

  static public function to_array($json) {
    return json::parse(json::to_string($json), true);
  }
  static public function to_string($json, $pretty = false) {
    return $pretty
      ? json_encode($json, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT)
      : json_encode($json);
  }
}