PHP array to JSON text
{"teaching":[{"staffId":123456,"name":{"first":"Geoffrey","last":"Shea"},"phone":"2766 5958","office":"HJ730"},{"staffId":123478,"name":{"first":"Mandy","last":"Tang"},"phone":"2766 4347","office":"HJ714"},{"staffId":123463,"name":{"first":"Joseph","last":"Lam"},"phone":"2766 5972","office":"HJ720"}]}


JSON values (parse JSON to PHP associative array)
Staff ID: 123463
Name: Joseph Lam
Phone: 2766 5972
Office: HJ720

JSON values (parse JSON to PHP object)
Staff ID: 123463
Name: Joseph Lam
Phone: 2766 5972
Office: HJ720