A PHP trait to add a simple toJson function to your classes.

JSONized.php

<?php

trait JSONized {

    public function toJson()
    {
        $properties = get_object_vars($this);
        return json_encode($properties);
    }

}

test.php

<?php

include_once 'JSONized.php';
include_once 'User.php';

$emran = new User('phpfour', 'emran123', 'phpfour@gmail.com');
echo $emran->toJson();

User.php

<?php

class User
{
    use JSONized;

    public $username;
    public $password;
    public $email;

    public function __construct($username, $password, $email)
    {
        $this->username = $username;
        $this->password = md5($password);
        $this->email = $email;
    }
}