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+<?php
+/**
+ * This class works like an array.
+ * The internal array is constructed from a a json string
+ * When used in an string context, it is automatically converted to a json string
+ * utf8 de and encoding is done
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * @author      André Noack <noack@data-quest.de>
+ * @link http://www.php.net/manual/en/class.arrayobject.php
+ */
+class JSONArrayObject extends MultiDimArrayObject
+{
+    /**
+     * Construct an array object from a json string
+     *
+     * @param string $input a json string
+     */
+    function __construct($input)
+    {
+        if (is_string($input)) {
+            $input = (array)json_decode($input, true);
+        }
+        parent::__construct($input);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * magic method for use of object in string context
+     *
+     * @return string internal array converted to json
+     */
+    function __toString()
+    {
+        return json_encode($this->getArrayCopy());
+    }
+}