'No error', JSON_ERROR_DEPTH => 'Maximum stack depth exceeded', JSON_ERROR_STATE_MISMATCH => 'State mismatch (invalid or malformed JSON)', JSON_ERROR_CTRL_CHAR => 'Control character error, possibly incorrectly encoded', JSON_ERROR_SYNTAX => 'Syntax error', JSON_ERROR_UTF8 => 'Malformed UTF-8 characters, possibly incorrectly encoded', ); $error = json_last_error(); return isset( $ERRORS[ $error ] ) ? $ERRORS[ $error ] : 'Unknown error'; } }