PHP: json_encode/decode

json_encode.php

<?php
$data = array('description' => "TEST: quick brown fox", 
			  'public' => true,
			  'files' => array('gistfile.php' => array('content' => "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.")));                                                                    
$data_string = json_encode($data);                                                                                   
echo '<pre>'.$data_string.'<p>'; 
var_dump(json_decode('{
  "description": "the description for this gist",
  "public": true,
  "files": {
    "file1.txt": {
      "content": "String file contents"
    }
  }
}',TRUE));