convert php associative array into javascript object
I looked a lot for an elegant solution to fix this issue without doing changing things over javascript or just replace quotes via preg_replace (for the case that the values would contain quotes) and end up doing it by myself. even if it's too late, I hope it would help those who are looking for the same solution.
function json_encode_advanced(array $arr, $sequential_keys = false, $quotes = false, $beautiful_json = false) {
$output = "{";
$count = 0;
foreach ($arr as $key => $value) {
if ( isAssoc($arr) || (!isAssoc($arr) && $sequential_keys == true ) ) {
$output .= ($quotes ? '"' : '') . $key . ($quotes ? '"' : '') . ' : ';
}
if (is_array($value)) {
$output .= json_encode_advanced($value, $sequential_keys, $quotes, $beautiful_json);
} else if (is_bool($value)) {
$output .= ($value ? 'true' : 'false');
} else if (is_numeric($value)) {
$output .= $value;
} else {
$output .= ($quotes || $beautiful_json ? '"' : '') . $value . ($quotes || $beautiful_json ? '"' : '');
}
if (++$count < count($arr)) {
$output .= ', ';
}
}
$output .= "}";
return $output;
}
function isAssoc(array $arr) {
if (array() === $arr) return false;
return array_keys($arr) !== range(0, count($arr) - 1);
}
usage:
$array = [
'someField' => '"value"', // double quotes for string if needed
'labelField' => '"label"', // double quotes for string if needed
'boolean' => false,
'numeric' => 5,
'render' => [
'option' => 'function() {
console.log("Hello World!");
console.log(\'Hello World!\');
}',
],
];
echo json_encode_advanced($array);
result:
{
someField : "value",
labelField : "label",
boolean : false,
numeric : 5,
render : {
option : function() {
console.log("Hello World!");
console.log('Hello World!');
}
}
}
The answer of Rohan Kumar is excellent except it uses jQuery to show the results.
This can be quicker and easier:
var words = <?php echo json_encode( $wordsArray ) ?>;
console.dir(words);
This gives you a one line result like Object ▶
. Clicking on the ▶
will open the object and shows its contents.
You can use json_encode() to make array
as an json object
like,
var words = <?php echo json_encode($wordsArray) ?>;// don't use quotes
$.each(words, function(key, value) {
console.log('stuff : ' + key + ", " + value);
});