MongoDB\BSON\toRelaxedExtendedJSON

Returns the Relaxed Extended JSON representation of a BSON value

&reftitle.description; `string` `MongoDB\BSON\toRelaxedExtendedJSON` `string` `bson`

Converts a BSON string to its Relaxed Extended JSON representation. The relaxed format prefers use of JSON type primitives at the expense of type fidelity and is most suited for producing output that can be easily consumed by web APIs and humans.

&reftitle.parameters;

`bson` (`string`)

- BSON value to be converted.

&reftitle.returnvalues;

The converted JSON value.

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&mongodb.throws.bson.unexpected;

&reftitle.examples;

### `MongoDB\BSON\toRelaxedExtendedJSON` example

    <?php

    $documents = [
        [ 'null' => null ],
        [ 'boolean' => true ],
        [ 'string' => 'foo' ],
        [ 'int32' => 123 ],
        [ 'int64' => 4294967295 ],
        [ 'double' => 1.0, ],
        [ 'nan' => NAN ],
        [ 'pos_inf' => INF ],
        [ 'neg_inf' => -INF ],
        [ 'array' => [ 'foo', 'bar' ]],
        [ 'document' => [ 'foo' => 'bar' ]],
        [ 'oid' => new MongoDB\BSON\ObjectId('56315a7c6118fd1b920270b1') ],
        [ 'dec128' => new MongoDB\BSON\Decimal128('1234.5678') ],
        [ 'binary' => new MongoDB\BSON\Binary('foo', MongoDB\BSON\Binary::TYPE_GENERIC) ],
        [ 'date' => new MongoDB\BSON\UTCDateTime(1445990400000) ],
        [ 'timestamp' => new MongoDB\BSON\Timestamp(1234, 5678) ],
        [ 'regex' => new MongoDB\BSON\Regex('pattern', 'i') ],
        [ 'code' => new MongoDB\BSON\Javascript('function() { return 1; }') ],
        [ 'code_ws' => new MongoDB\BSON\Javascript('function() { return a; }', ['a' => 1]) ],
        [ 'minkey' => new MongoDB\BSON\MinKey ],
        [ 'maxkey' => new MongoDB\BSON\MaxKey ],
    ];

    foreach ($documents as $document) {
        $bson = MongoDB\BSON\fromPHP($document);
        echo MongoDB\BSON\toRelaxedExtendedJSON($bson), "\n";
    }

    ?>

&example.outputs;

    { "null" : null }
    { "boolean" : true }
    { "string" : "foo" }
    { "int32" : 123 }
    { "int64" : 4294967295 }
    { "double" : 1.0 }
    { "nan" : { "$numberDouble" : "NaN" } }
    { "pos_inf" : { "$numberDouble" : "Infinity" } }
    { "neg_inf" : { "$numberDouble" : "-Infinity" } }
    { "array" : [ "foo", "bar" ] }
    { "document" : { "foo" : "bar" } }
    { "oid" : { "$oid" : "56315a7c6118fd1b920270b1" } }
    { "dec128" : { "$numberDecimal" : "1234.5678" } }
    { "binary" : { "$binary" : { "base64": "Zm9v", "subType" : "00" } } }
    { "date" : { "$date" : "2015-10-28T00:00:00Z" } }
    { "timestamp" : { "$timestamp" : { "t" : 5678, "i" : 1234 } } }
    { "regex" : { "$regularExpression" : { "pattern" : "pattern", "options" : "i" } } }
    { "code" : { "$code" : "function() { return 1; }" } }
    { "code_ws" : { "$code" : "function() { return a; }", "$scope" : { "a" : 1 } } }
    { "minkey" : { "$minKey" : 1 } }
    { "maxkey" : { "$maxKey" : 1 } }

&reftitle.seealso;

- `MongoDB\BSON\Document::fromJSON`
- `MongoDB\BSON\Document::toRelaxedExtendedJSON`
- `MongoDB\BSON\fromJSON`
- `MongoDB\BSON\toCanonicalExtendedJSON`
- Extended JSON
- MongoDB BSON