Here's an updated version of the function:<?php if (!function_exists('json_last_error_msg')) { function json_last_error_msg() { static $ERRORS = array( JSON_ERROR_NONE => 'No error', JSON_ERROR_DEPTH => 'Maximum stack depth exceeded', JSON_ERROR_STATE_MISMATCH => 'State mismatch (invalid or malformed JSON)', JSON_ERROR_CTRL_CHAR => 'Control character error, possibly incorrectly encoded', JSON_ERROR_SYNTAX => 'Syntax error', JSON_ERROR_UTF8 => 'Malformed UTF-8 characters, possibly incorrectly encoded' ); $error = json_last_error(); return isset($ERRORS[$error]) ? $ERRORS[$error] : 'Unknown error'; } }?>