我们需要检查传递的string是否不是数字，因为在这种情况下json_decode不会引发错误。

function isJson($str) {
    $result = false;
    if (!preg_match("/^\d+$/", trim($str))) {
        json_decode($str);
        $result = (json_last_error() == JSON_ERROR_NONE);
    }

    return $result;
}

为PHP 5.2兼容性新创建的函数，如果你需要成功解码的数据:

function try_json_decode( $json, & $success = null ){
  // non-strings may cause warnings
  if( !is_string( $json )){
    $success = false;
    return $json;
  }

  $data = json_decode( $json );

  // output arg
  $success =

    // non-null data: success!
    $data !==  null  ||

    // null data from 'null' json: success!
    $json === 'null' ||

    // null data from '  null  ' json padded with whitespaces: success!
    preg_match('/^\s*null\s*$/', $json );

  // return decoded or original data
  return $success ? $data : $json;
}

用法:

$json_or_not = ...;

$data = try_json_decode( $json_or_not, $success );

if( $success )
     process_data( $data );
else what_the_hell_is_it( $data );

一些测试:

var_dump( try_json_decode( array(), $success ), $success );
// ret = array(0){}, $success == bool(false)

var_dump( try_json_decode( 123, $success ), $success );
// ret = int(123), $success == bool(false)

var_dump( try_json_decode('      ', $success ), $success );
// ret = string(6) "      ", $success == bool(false)

var_dump( try_json_decode( null, $success ), $success );
// ret = NULL, $success == bool(false)

var_dump( try_json_decode('null', $success ), $success );
// ret = NULL, $success == bool(true)

var_dump( try_json_decode('  null  ', $success ), $success );
// ret = NULL, $success == bool(true)

var_dump( try_json_decode('  true  ', $success ), $success );
// ret = bool(true), $success == bool(true)

var_dump( try_json_decode('  "hello"  ', $success ), $success );
// ret = string(5) "hello", $success == bool(true)

var_dump( try_json_decode('  {"a":123}  ', $success ), $success );
// ret = object(stdClass)#2 (1) { ["a"]=> int(123) }, $success == bool(true)

简单的方法是检查json结果..

$result = @json_decode($json,true);
    if (is_array($result)) {
        echo 'JSON is valid';
    }else{
        echo 'JSON is not valid';
    }

在GuzzleHttp:

/**
 * Wrapper for json_decode that throws when an error occurs.
 *
 * @param string $json    JSON data to parse
 * @param bool $assoc     When true, returned objects will be converted
 *                        into associative arrays.
 * @param int    $depth   User specified recursion depth.
 * @param int    $options Bitmask of JSON decode options.
 *
 * @return mixed
 * @throws \InvalidArgumentException if the JSON cannot be decoded.
 * @link http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.json-decode.php
 */
function json_decode($json, $assoc = false, $depth = 512, $options = 0)
{
    $data = \json_decode($json, $assoc, $depth, $options);
    if (JSON_ERROR_NONE !== json_last_error()) {
        throw new \InvalidArgumentException(
            'json_decode error: ' . json_last_error_msg());
    }

    return $data;
}

/**
 * Wrapper for JSON encoding that throws when an error occurs.
 *
 * @param mixed $value   The value being encoded
 * @param int    $options JSON encode option bitmask
 * @param int    $depth   Set the maximum depth. Must be greater than zero.
 *
 * @return string
 * @throws \InvalidArgumentException if the JSON cannot be encoded.
 * @link http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.json-encode.php
 */
function json_encode($value, $options = 0, $depth = 512)
{
    $json = \json_encode($value, $options, $depth);
    if (JSON_ERROR_NONE !== json_last_error()) {
        throw new \InvalidArgumentException(
            'json_encode error: ' . json_last_error_msg());
    }

    return $json;
}

对亨里克的回答做一个简单的修改，以触及最需要的可能性。

(包括“{}和[]”)

function isValidJson($string) {
    json_decode($string);
    if(json_last_error() == JSON_ERROR_NONE) {

        if( $string[0] == "{" || $string[0] == "[" ) { 
            $first = $string [0];

            if( substr($string, -1) == "}" || substr($string, -1) == "]" ) {
                $last = substr($string, -1);

                if($first == "{" && $last == "}"){
                    return true;
                }

                if($first == "[" && $last == "]"){
                    return true;
                }

                return false;

            }
            return false;
        }

        return false;
    }

    return false;

}

如果有本地文件站。Json无效，缺失，或超过一个月，做一些事情。

if (!is_array(json_decode(@file_get_contents("stations.json"))) || time() > filemtime("stations.json") + (60*60*24*31)){
  // The json file is invalid, missing, or is more than 1 month old
  // Get a fresh version
} else {
  // Up to date
}