If I want to send an array from PHP to JavaScript, I do something like this with PHP:
<?php
$json=array();
$json['datetime']="Something";
$json['timestamp']="Something else"
$encoded=json_encode($json);
die($encoded);
?>
And this on jQuery/JavaScript (using Ajax):
...
success: function(response){
var chat = jQuery.parseJSON(response);
datetime=chat['datetime'];
timestamp=chat['timestamp'];
...
I was about wondering about doing the opposite.
In jQuery i have this array:
data_send['username']=$(".chat_username").val();
data_send['message']=$(".chat_message").val();
I want to encode this array as a JSON object, send this object via Ajax, and then take this object from $_POST/$_GET and decode it to an array.
How can I do this?
If you want to encode an array into JSON from Javascript you can use JSON.stringify(myarray).
However, you shouldn't do that to send it to a PHP script.
jQuery has built in support for passing a map of key-value pairs in a POST method - just pass it as the data parameter in $.ajax() or as the second parameter to $.post().
jQuery will then correctly URI encode any unsafe characters that appear (whether in keys, or values), so in your case you can use:
var data_send = {
username: $(".chat_username").val(),
message: $(".chat_message").val()
};
$.post(url, data_send, success_handler);
// or $.ajax({url: url, data: data_send, ... });
PHP then has built in support for reading that map - it's $_POST:
<?php
$username = $_POST['username'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
?>
Related
So i have this piece of javascript, it posts to foo.php with value val, gets back data, empties the container and call function graph which will fill the container with a new chart.
$.post("foo.php", {val: val}, function(data){
if(data.length >0) {
$('#container').html('');
graph(data);
}
});
in foo.php, how do I make it pass back an array instead of string? at the moment I just have an echo in foo.php that echos the data delimited by a comma, ie: 1,2,3,4,5. then in the graph function I have a split(',' data) that creates an array for later use.
I mean, all this works fine, I'm just wondering if I can avoid the split step and have foo.php return an array directly.
thanks!
That's what json_encode is for:
echo json_encode( $array );
Just remember to set JSON headers, so that jQuery will know to parse the returned data as JSON. If you don't, you'll have to specify that in your jQuery AJAX call as follows:
$.post("foo.php", {val: val}, function(data){
if (data.length > 0) {
$('#container').html('');
graph(data);
}
}, 'json'); // <-- Here you're specifying that it'll return JSON
json_encode your array in PHP and jquery can easily parse your JSON encoded data.
I'm trying to deserialize an array from an URL I've sent from a JQuery Ajax call to a PHP script in the server.
What I have done
I've been sending variables with values to the server successfully with jQuery Ajax this way:
// A simple text from an HTML element:
var price = $("#price option:selected").val();
// Yet another simple text:
var term1 = $('#term1').val();
Then I prepare the data to be sent via Ajax this way:
var data = 'price=' + price + '&term1=' + term1;
//if I alert it, I get this: price=priceString&term1=termString
And send it with jQuery Ajax like this:
$.ajax({
url: "script.php",
type: "GET",
data: data,
cache: false,
dataType:'html',
success: function (html) {
// Do something successful
}
});
Then I get it in the server this way:
$price = (isset($_GET['price'])) ? $_GET['price'] : null;
$term1 = (isset($_GET['term1'])) ? $_GET['term1'] : null;
And I'm able to use my variables easily as I need. However, I need to do this with an array.
Main question
Reading a lot, I've managed to learn the professional way to send an array to the server: serialize it! I've learnt this way to do it with jQuery:
var array_selected = [];
// This is used to get all options in a listbox, no problems here:
$('#SelectIt option:not(:selected), #SelectIt option:selected').each(function() {
array_selected.push({ name: $(this).val(), value: $(this).html().substring($(this).html().indexOf(' '))});
});
var array_serialized = jQuery.param(array_selected);
// If I alert this I get my array serialized successfully with in the form of number=string:
//Ex. 123=stringOne&321=StringTwo
This seems to be right. I add this to the data as before:
var data = 'price=' + price + '&' + array_selected + '&term1=' + term1;
//if I alert it, I get this: price=priceString&term1=termString&123=stringOne&321=StringTwo
How do I reconstruct (unserialize) my array in the server? I've tried the same as before:
$array_serialized = (isset($_GET['array_serialized'])) ? $_GET['array_serialized'] : null;
with no success! Any ideas why? How can I get my serialized array passed this way in the server as another array which PHP can handle so I can use it?
Or am I complicating my life myself needlessly? All I want is to send an array to the server.
If you name a variable with [] in the end of it, it will create an array out of the values passed with that name.
For example, http://www.example.com/?data[]=hello&data[]=world&data[]=test, will result in the array $_GET["data"] == array('hello', 'world', 'test'); created in PHP.
In the same way, you can create an associative array in PHP: http://www.example.com/?data[first]=foo&data[second]=bar will result in $_GET["data"] == array("first" => "foo", "second" => "bar");
BTW, you might be interested in using jQuery's .serialize() or .serializeArray(), if those fit your client side serializing needs.
I'm not too knowledgeable with PHP, but I think you may have overlooked something pretty simple, <?--php unserialize($string) ?>.
I'm trying to communicate AJAX, JSON to PHP and then PHP returns some data and I'm trying to parse it with Javascrpt.
From the php, server I return,
echo json_encode($data);
// it outputs ["123","something","and more something"]
and then in client-side,
success : function(data){
//I want the data as following
// data[0] = 123
// data[1] = something
// data[3] = and more something
}
But, it gives as;
data[0] = [
data[1] = "
data[2] = 1
It is reading each character but I want strings from the array, not individual characters. What is happening here? Thanks in advance, I am new to Javascript and JSON, AJAX.
JSON.parse(data) should do the trick.
Set the dataType property of the ajax call to json. Then jQuery will automatically convert your response to object representation.
$.ajax({
url : ...,
data : ...,
dataType : "json",
success : function(json) {
console.log(json);
}
});
Another option is to set headers in PHP so that JQuery understand that you send a JSON object.
header("Content-Type: application/json");
echo json_encode($data);
Check this one... Should Work
success : function(data){
var result = data;
result=result.replace("[","");
result=result.replace("]","");
var arr = new Array();
arr=result.split(",")
alert(arr[0]); //123
alert(arr[1]); //something
alert(arr[2]); //......
}
You did not shown function in which you parse data. But you shoud use
JSON.parse
and if broser does not support JSON then use json polyfill from https://github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-js
dataArray = JSON.parse(dataFomXHR);
I'm not sure if this is what you want but why don't you want php to return it in this format:
{'item1':'123','item2':'something','item3':'and more something'}
Well to achieve this, you'll need to make sure the array you json_encode() is associative.
It should be in the form below
array("item1"=>123,"item2"=>"something","item3"=>"more something");
You could even go ahead to do a stripslashes() in the event that some of the values in the array could be URLs
You could then do a JSON.parse() on the JSON string and access the values
Hop this helps!
How can print date and age (in following array) separate by $.ajax()?
php:
$array = array(
'date' => 2011/9/14,
'age' => 48,
);
return $array // this send for ajax call in the jQuery
I want this output by jquery:2011/9/14 & 48
Use $.ajax Methods and setting parameter dataType to JSON for receive data type JSON from PHP file.
Jquery Code:
$.ajax({
url: "getdata.php",
type: "post",
dataType: "json",
success: function(data){
alert("Date:" + data.date + "\n" + "Age:" + data.age);
}
});
if your array data contains string make sure it's closured with quote then make data type JSON with json_encode() function.
PHP Code (getdata.php):
$array= array('date'=>'2011/9/14','age'=>48);
echo json_encode($array);
Echo the encoded array in php page say mypage.php
using
echo json_encode($array);
And use jQuery.getJson in the client side
$.getJSON('mypage.php', function(data) {
alert(data['date']);
alert(data['age']);
});
You need to encode the array as a valid JSON string using the PHP function json_encode. You can then use the jQuery function $.parseJSON to convert it into a JavaScript object. From there you'll be able to do whatever you want with it.
If you do this, you'll end up with an object like:
ajaxDataObj = {
date: '2011/9/14',
age: 48
}
**Edit**
Please see stratton's comment below about using $.getJSON for a more compact solution.
Also, Ben Everard's comment on your original post about using echo rather than return is critical.
You can't just return $array to the browser, the result will be "Array" as string.
YOu have to use return json_encode($array); which returns a string that could be parsed by browser.
If the server-client communication is working alright, then you should do something like this on the client side:
$.ajax({
//configuration...
'success':function(response){
var dateAge = response.date+' & '+response.age;
//put or append the string somewhere.
}
});
I have a PHP script that retrieves names (strings) from database. I would like to pass this array to Javascript using $.ajax().
I cannot understand how should I encode the array in PHP and then decode it in Javascript.
Could someone give an example code for this ?
Thanks a lot !!
<?php // test.php
$myArray = array(1, 2, 3);
echo json_encode($myArray);
?>
HTML File:
$(function() {
$.getJSON('http://localhost/test.php', function(data) {
$(data).each(function(key, value) {
// Will alert 1, 2 and 3
alert(value);
});
});
});
u can use json_encode
<?php
$arr = array ('a'=>1,'b'=>2,'c'=>3,'d'=>4,'e'=>5);
echo json_encode($arr);
?>
full example you can read at :
http://www.prodevtips.com/2008/08/15/jquery-json-with-php-json_encode-and-json_decode/
or
http://www.prodevtips.com/2009/12/09/multiple-select-lists-with-jquery-and-json/
<?php
echo json_encode(array('key' => 'value', 'cool' => 'ice'));
?>
json is a javascript object. So there is no need to "decode" it. However, it looks like you are using jquery. There is a nifty function for retrieving json data:
jQuery.getJSON(url, senddata, function(returndata){alert(returndata.cool);})
or
jQuery.getJSON(url, senddata, function(returndata){mybigfunction(returndata);})
mybigfunction(data)
{
myvar = data.cool;
alert(myvar);
}
http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.getJSON/
or you could also do it with $.ajax as you mentioned:
jQuery.ajax({
url: url,
dataType: 'json',
data: senddata,
success: function(data){mybigfunction(data)}
});
mybigfunction(data)
{
myvar = data.cool;
alert(myvar);
}
http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/
The "callback" is a function that gets called and passed the json data returned from the url.
You will 'ice' baby... ermm... sorry for the corn.
The getJSON method is rather short and handy. Have a look at the links for more details.
This is Php File Code
<?php
$array = array(1, 2, 3);
echo json_encode($array);
?>
Then you can parse $array in your $.ajax() like this
success: function (data) {
var x = JSON.parse(data);
console.log(x);
}
To do this, you'll just have to echo out a script into the PHP page that contains your data, which you can then access from any other Javascript on the page, including jQuery and .ajax().
Again, if you just want to pass it via an AJAX call, just use json_encode():
<?php
echo json_encode(
array(
'groupidlist'=>$groupids,
'groupnamelist'=>$groupnames,
'serverurl'=>$serverurl,
'uid'=>$curuser->getID()
)
);
?>
And then process it with the callback functions from .ajax() or, probably better, .getJSON(), which is built for just this use.
I promise I don't just spam my blog here, but I wrote a post on passing variables between Javascript and PHP, because I did it often enough that I came up with a simple/reliable/clean and reusable way to do so. If you're regularly passing data from PHP to Javascript and don't need AJAX, I'll paste the essentials here:
At the top of each external js file, I add comments as to which PHP variables are required, so I can keep track of what I need when I include it (this is optional, of course, but nice):
/* This script depends on the following variables in phpvars:
groupidlist
groupnamelist
serverurl
uid
*/
Then, in the PHP file, I pass the needed variables with a single line of Javascript, assigning a JSON Array with all the needed values. Examples in PHP, directly from my code:
<script type="text/javascript">
var phpvars = <?php
echo json_encode(
array(
'groupidlist'=>$groupids,
'groupnamelist'=>$groupnames,
'serverurl'=>$serverurl,
'uid'=>$curuser->getID()
)
);
?>;
</script>
Once that is set up, I can then simply access whatever PHP Variables I need in the Javascript through the phpvars array. For example, if I needed to set an image source using my serverurl, I could do as follows:
imgElement.src = phpvars.serverurl + '/images/example.png';
Because it uses JSON, there is no worrying about making sure that you don't screw anything up in your Javascript by trying to insert the PHP variables. The encoding/decoding of the variables is handled on both ends by built-in JSON functions, so it is very hard to break it, and brainless to pass variables - you pass them like you would any other PHP array. In my fiddling that led to this, I had problems with both of these, and this solution takes care of them nicely.