Fastest way to check if a string is JSON in PHP?

Question

I need a really, really fast method of checking if a string is JSON or not. I feel like this is not the best way:

function isJson($string) {
    return ((is_string($string) &&
            (is_object(json_decode($string)) ||
            is_array(json_decode($string))))) ? true : false;
}

Any performance enthusiasts out there want to improve this method?

Answer 1

function isJson($string) {
   json_decode($string);
   return json_last_error() === JSON_ERROR_NONE;
}