PHP: Give a name to an array of JSON objects?

Question

I have managed to get data from database in PHP file. From there(data.php),

$output = json_encode($result);

The result would be like this,

$output=[{"kitty":"Whitely"},{"kitty":"Tabby"},{"kitty":"Ruby"},{"kitty":"Silver"}]

So how do I give name "kitten" an array of kitty objects in php format?

For example like

"kitten":[{"kitty":"Whitely"},{"kitty":"Tabby"},{"kitty":"Ruby"},{"kitty":"Silver"}]

Answer 1

You have to wrap your result in another array on the 'kitten' key :

$output = json_encode(['kitten' => $result]);