json_encode character issue

Question

I'm having a strange issue with json_encode.

Doing this:

echo json_encode(array('action' => 'act'));

Returns this:

"\u0000\"action\":\"act\"}

Yes, without starting bracket. How to solve this?

Answer 1

The problem was that json_encode was running twice.

Answer 2

I haven't This Problem Output is

 {"action":"act"}