Public bug reported: After the upgrade to saucy the function json_encode is missing from the current version of php5.
It should be always there on PHP versions >= 5.2.0 (not a pecl module anymore) [1] to reproduce: --- user@vm:~$ echo '<?php json_encode(true);' | php PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function json_encode() in - on line 1 PHP Stack trace: PHP 1. {main}() -:0 user@vm:~$ php -v PHP 5.5.3-1ubuntu2 (cli) (built: Oct 9 2013 14:49:12) Copyright (c) 1997-2013 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.5.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Zend Technologies with Zend OPcache v7.0.3-dev, Copyright (c) 1999-2013, by Zend Technologies with Xdebug v2.2.3, Copyright (c) 2002-2013, by Derick Rethans --- [1] http://php.net/manual/en/function.json-encode.php ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: php5 (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Oct 21 16:30:04 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-03 (140 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: php5 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-21 (0 days ago) ** Affects: php5 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug saucy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1242726 Title: json_encode php function missing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/+bug/1242726/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs