# Uso Básico

El uso de `Zend_Json` consiste en utilizar los dos métodos públicos estáticos disponibles: `Zend_Json::encode()` y `Zend_Json::decode()` .

    // Recuperar un valor:
    $phpNative = Zend_Json::decode($encodedValue);

    // Codificarlo para regresarlo al cliente:
    $json = Zend_Json::encode($phpNative);

## Pretty-printing JSON

Sometimes, it may be hard to explore JSON data generated by `Zend_Json::encode()` , since it has no spacing or indentation. In order to make it easier, `Zend_Json` allows you to pretty-print JSON data in the human-readable format with `Zend_Json::prettyPrint()` .

    // Encode it to return to the client:
    $json = Zend_Json::encode($phpNative);
    if($debug) {
        echo Zend_Json::prettyPrint($json, array("indent" => " "));
    }

Second optional argument of `Zend_Json::prettyPrint()` is an option array. Option `indent` allows to set indentation string - by default it's a single tab character.