A dirty piece of duct tape that converts a class into JSON.

php2json.php

#!/usr/bin/php
<?php
/*
 * php2json
 * by Sam Bisbee <sam@sbisbee.com>
 * on 2011-02-23
 *
 * Takes in a class file, instantiates it, and then spits out its JSON.
 *
 * Example Usage: ./php2json.php UserVO.php
 */

$file = $argv[1];
require($file);

$class = substr($file, 0, strpos($file, '.php'));

echo json_encode(new $class)."\n";
?>