use JSON as argument for apply

[tadatuta]

I think $BH->apply() should use JSON as an argument or (if it's somehow possible) support both JSON and JS object syntax to have interoperability with current BEMJSON bundles or server responses.

[qfox]

In php you have Arrays and Objects, so for now it supports both (there is temporary conversion from anything to stdObjects tree, because of references). So it should support syntax like

[ 'block' => 'page',
  'styles' => [],
  'content' => [
    'Hello!',
    { 'block' => 'header', 'content' => 'Title' },
    'I\'m here at the end'
  ]
]

So it's almost totally compatible with JS version.

Is this right?

[tadatuta]

Is it possible to call json_decode() if argument was a string?

[qfox]

You mean to pass stringified json instead of arrays or objects? Sure it is.

[qfox]

After a talk with @tadatuta we decided to support this for testing purposes and mocks.

Examples:

// using heredoc notation
$bh->apply(<<<bemjson
{
  block: "page",
  content: [
    'some content here'
    // etc...
  ]
}
bemjson
);

// using standard bemjson files
$bh->apply(trim(trim(file_get_contents('bundles/index/index.bemjson')),"()"));

@tadatuta Please approve it

[tadatuta]

@zxqfox yes, that'd be just great!