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$json = "{";
foreach($result as $addr)
{
foreach($addr as $line)
{
$json .= $line . "\n";
}
$json .= "\n\n";
}
$json .= "}";
Basically, I need the results of the two for loops to be inserted in $json.
Php has an inbuilt JSON Serialising function.
json_encode
Please use that if you can and don't suffer Not Invented Here syndrome.
Here are a couple of things missing in the previous answers:
Set header in your PHP:
header('Content-type: application/json');
echo json_encode($array);
json_encode() can return a JavaScript array instead of JavaScript object, see:
Returning JSON from a PHP Script
This could be important to know in some cases as arrays and objects are not the same.
json_encode() (like all functions) always returns something (including NULL); you can print the data, process it and then print it, assing it to a variable for later use, save it to a file, etc... You can read more about return in PHP: Returning values. Also you can (and should!) check for what each function you don't know returns, see our example json_encode() it states Returns a JSON encoded string on success or FALSE on failure.
return json_encode($jsonArray); didn't work (AngularJS http.get didn't get anything), until I later noticed it :)
Commented
Oct 9, 2015 at 5:20
There's a JSON section in the PHP's documentation. You'll need PHP 5.2.0 though.
As of PHP 5.2.0, the JSON extension is bundled and compiled into PHP by default.
If you don't, here's the PECL library you can install.
<?php
$arr = array ('a'=>1,'b'=>2,'c'=>3,'d'=>4,'e'=>5);
echo json_encode($arr); // {"a":1,"b":2,"c":3,"d":4,"e":5}
?>
Usually you would be interested in also having some structure to your data in the receiving end:
json_encode($result)
This will preserve the array keys as well.
Do remember that json_encode only works on utf8 -encoded data.
You can use Simple JSON for PHP. It sends the headers help you to forge the JSON.
It looks like :
<?php
// Include the json class
include('includes/json.php');
// Then create the PHP-Json Object to suits your needs
// Set a variable ; var name = {}
$Json = new json('var', 'name');
// Fire a callback ; callback({});
$Json = new json('callback', 'name');
// Just send a raw JSON ; {}
$Json = new json();
// Build data
$object = new stdClass();
$object->test = 'OK';
$arraytest = array('1','2','3');
$jsonOnly = '{"Hello" : "darling"}';
// Add some content
$Json->add('width', '565px');
$Json->add('You are logged IN');
$Json->add('An_Object', $object);
$Json->add("An_Array",$arraytest);
$Json->add("A_Json",$jsonOnly);
// Finally, send the JSON.
$Json->send();
?>
$msg="You Enter Wrong Username OR Password"; $responso=json_encode($msg);
echo "{\"status\" : \"400\", \"responce\" : \"603\", \"message\" : \"You Enter Wrong Username OR Password\", \"feed\":".str_replace("<p>","",$responso). "}";
