<?php

use Zend\Http\Client;
use Zend\Debug\Debug;

$client = new Client('http://php.budgegeria.de/result.json');

try {
    $response = $client->send();

    if ($response->isOk()) {
        $body = $response->getBody();
        // returns HAL json
        Debug::dump(json_decode($body, true));
    }
}
catch (Exception $e) {
    // in case of connection problems
    echo $e->getMessage();
}

array(4) {
  ["currentlyProcessing"] => int(14)
  ["shippedToday"] => int(20)
  ["_links"] => array(3) {
    ["self"] => array(1) {
      ["href"] => string(12) "/result.json"
    }
    ["next"] => array(1) {
      ["href"] => string(19) "/result.json?page=2"
    }
    ["find"] => array(2) {
      ["href"] => string(17) "/result.json{?id}"
      ["templated"] => string(4) "true"
    }
  }
  ["_embedded"] => array(1) {
    ["orders"] => array(1) {
      [0] => array(4) {
        ["total"] => int(30)
        ["currency"] => string(3) "EUR"
        ["status"] => string(7) "shipped"
        ["_links"] => array(1) {
          ["self"] => array(1) {
            ["href"] => string(16) "/result.json/815"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

• Zend Paginator
• ZF2 ViewModel
• Convert XML to Json in ZF2

PHP 7.2, Zend 3.0, Symfony 4.0, Laravel 5.6, PHPUnit 6.5, Doctrine 2.8