JSON Object To Javascript Array? - php

Question

I'm having problems decoding a JSON object. I call a PHP script using an Ajax call. The PHP script returns a JSON encoded object which I can read but only the first record. How can I decode the JSON object? I am using JQUERY Mobile.
PHP script:
<?php
$host = "localhost";
$user = "root";
$pass = "[password]";
$databaseName = "zombieSurvival";
$tableName = "TBLusers";
//Connect to mysql database
include 'DB.php';
$con = mysql_connect($host,$user,$pass);
$dbs = mysql_select_db($databaseName, $con);
// 2) Query database
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM $tableName");
$array = mysql_fetch_array($result);
echo json_encode($array);
?>
and here is the Ajax call:
$.ajax({
url: '/PHP/getUserMarkers.php',
data: "",
dataType: 'json',
success: function(data){
//How can I treat 'data' variable to make it a
//javascript array?
}
});

Answer 1

The issue was the JSON object returned by the PHP script. Adjusted the PHP script as below and now I can access all returned rows and individual field names.
<?php
$host = "localhost";
$user = "root";
$pass = "muertealregueton";
$databaseName = "zombieSurvival";
$tableName = "TBLusers";
include 'DB.php';
$con = mysql_connect($host,$user,$pass);
$dbs = mysql_select_db($databaseName, $con);
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM $tableName");
$array = array();
while(($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))) {
$array[] = $row;
}
echo json_encode($array);
?>
and the ajax code which calls an alert on one of the later records returned:
$.ajax({
url: '/PHP/getUserMarkers.php',
data: "",
dataType: 'json',
success: function(data){
//now I can access each row and field
//like here I access the 3rd field of the 15th record
alert(data[15][2]);
}
});