<?php

    function pretty_json_encode($object)
    {
        return indent(json_encode($object));
    }

    /** Code from http://recursive-design.com/blog/2008/03/11/format-json-with-php/ **/

    /**
    * Indents a flat JSON string to make it more human-readable.
    *
    * @param string $json The original JSON string to process.
    *
    * @return string Indented version of the original JSON string.
    */
    function indent($json) {

        $result      = '';
        $pos         = 0;
        $strLen      = strlen($json);
        $indentStr   = '  ';
        $newLine     = "\n";
        $prevChar    = '';
        $outOfQuotes = true;

        for ($i=0; $i<=$strLen; $i++) {

            // Grab the next character in the string.
            $char = substr($json, $i, 1);

            // Are we inside a quoted string?
            if ($char == '"' && $prevChar != '\\') {
                $outOfQuotes = !$outOfQuotes;
            
            // If this character is the end of an element, 
            // output a new line and indent the next line.
            } else if(($char == '}' || $char == ']') && $outOfQuotes) {
                $result .= $newLine;
                $pos --;
                for ($j=0; $j<$pos; $j++) {
                    $result .= $indentStr;
                }
            }
            
            // Add the character to the result string.
            $result .= $char;

            // If the last character was the beginning of an element, 
            // output a new line and indent the next line.
            if (($char == ',' || $char == '{' || $char == '[') && $outOfQuotes) {
                $result .= $newLine;
                if ($char == '{' || $char == '[') {
                    $pos ++;
                }
                
                for ($j = 0; $j < $pos; $j++) {
                    $result .= $indentStr;
                }
            }
            
            $prevChar = $char;
        }

        return $result;
    }

?>