[HttpFoundation] Adding a note about JSON responses, which I'll update for the JsonResponse in 2.1

weaverryan · weaverryan · commit ce278ab1bab5 · 2012-11-22T17:16:47.000-05:00
diff --git a/components/http_foundation/introduction.rst b/components/http_foundation/introduction.rst
@@ -350,6 +350,21 @@ To redirect the client to another URL, you can use the
 
     $response = new RedirectResponse('http://example.com/');
 
+Creating a JSON Response
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Any type of response can be created via the
+:class:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\Response` class by setting the
+right content and headers. A JSON response might look like this::
+
+    use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
+    
+    $response = new Response();
+    $response->setContent(json_encode(array(
+        'data' => 123
+    )));
+    $response->headers->set('Content-Type', 'application/json');
+
 Session
 -------
 
