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I am trying to save multidimensional array in database using json_encode. if i echo json string its showing right output but in database string is changed after insert.
here is my code:
$email=$_POST['email'];
$watchlist=$_POST['watchlist'];
$watchshow=$_POST['watchshow'];
$yearshow=$_POST['yearshow'];
$quer = "SELECT email FROM users WHERE email = '$email'";
$q = mysqli_query($conn, $quer);
$count=0;
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($q)){
$email = $row['email'];
$count++;
}
if($count==1) //if user already exist change greeting text to "Welcome Back"
{
$quer = "SELECT watchlist FROM users WHERE email = '$email'";
$q = mysqli_query($conn, $quer);
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($q)){
$watch = $row['watchlist'];
}
$data = json_decode($watch, TRUE);
array_push($data,$watchlist);
$add=array();
array_push($add,$watchshow);
array_push($add,$yearshow);
$data[] = $add;
$t = json_encode($data , JSON_FORCE_OBJECT);
$sql = "update users set watchlist='$t' WHERE email='$email'";
if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
echo'updated';
} else {
echo'error';
}
}
else {
$new=array();
array_push($new,$watchlist);
$add=array();
array_push($add,$watchshow);
array_push($add,$yearshow);
$new[] = $add;
$name = json_encode($new);
$sql1 = "INSERT INTO users (email,watchlist)
VALUES ('$email','$name')";
if ($conn->query($sql1) === TRUE) {
echo 'success';
} else {
echo "Error: " . $sql1 . "<br>" . $conn->error;
}
}
if i echo $name output is
{"0":{"0":"Stranger Things","1":2017}}
but after insert it's showing this in database
{"0":"Stranger Things","1":{"0":"Stranger Things","1":"2017"}}
what i am doing wrong here?

Answer 1

You placed echo to unnecessary variable somewhere in your code thats why it prints name 2 times.. check it properly and remove it.

Answer 2

{"0":"Stranger Things","1":{"0":"Stranger Things","1":"2017"}}
This is happening most probably due to $new[] = $add; when you are using Loop and passing some value inside $new[i].
In first Loop its proper {"0":"Stranger Things","1":2017}
Now in second loop when i will be 1.
So, in position of 1 , {"0":"Stranger Things","1":2017} this is getting inserted again and making final array as {"0":"Stranger Things","1":{"0":"Stranger Things","1":"2017"}}
Show the complete code as it is, to identify the error.
As per the code you have provided, output must be correct.
$email= "abc#gmail.com";
$watchshow="Stranger Things";
$yearshow= 2017;
$new=array();
$add=array();
array_push($add,$watchshow);
array_push($add,$yearshow);
$new[] = $add;
$add=array();
array_push($add,$watchshow);
array_push($add,$yearshow);
$new[] = $add;
echo $name = json_encode($new, true);