convert from JSON to an array

Question

I am new in javascript, can you please help me convert from JSON format to a normal array

             {"data": [
             {"name": "Bhengu","surname":"Nathi"},
             {"name": "Tsunami","surname":"Msipha"},
             { "name": "Fish","surname":"Lee"}
             ]};


             data= [
             {name: Bhengu, surname: Nathi},
             {name: Tsunami, surname: Msipha},
             { name: Fish, surname: Lee}
              ];

possible duplicate of [How to convert JSON string to array](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7511821/how-to-convert-json-string-to-array) — Felix Kling, Mar 07 '12 at 10:43

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 07 '12 at 10:50

you can use json_decode function of php

$json = '{"data": [{ "name": "Bhengu","surname":"Nathi"}, { "name": "Tsunami","surname":"Msipha"}, { "name": "Fish","surname":"Lee"} ]}';
$data = json_decode($json);
var_dump($data);

output will be :

object(stdClass)[1]
  public 'data' => 
    array
      0 => 
        object(stdClass)[2]
          public 'name' => string 'Bhengu' (length=6)
          public 'surname' => string 'Nathi' (length=5)
      1 => 
        object(stdClass)[3]
          public 'name' => string 'Tsunami' (length=7)
          public 'surname' => string 'Msipha' (length=6)
      2 => 
        object(stdClass)[4]
          public 'name' => string 'Fish' (length=4)
          public 'surname' => string 'Lee' (length=3)

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 10 '14 at 19:13

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{"data": [{ "name": "Bhengu","surname":"Nathi"}, { "name": "Tsunami","surname":"Msipha"}, { "name": "Fish","surname":"Lee"} ]};

heredata= [ { name: Bhengu, surname: Nathi}, { name: Tsunami, surname: Msipha},{ name: Fish, surname: Lee} ];

you can use Json2 script

you can then run:

var myObject = JSON.parse(myJSONtext, reviver);

which should give you the array you need as myObject

edited Mar 10 '14 at 19:13

elixenide

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answered Mar 07 '12 at 10:43

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The code i've been running does not work on json format and works on this one heredata= [ { name: Bhengu, surname: Nathi}, { name: Tsunami, surname: Msipha}, { name: Fish, surname: Lee} ]; – Fish123 Mar 07 '12 at 10:54
If the question is, I need to convert Json into an array the JSON.Parse sould work. If you want to convert Json into another string format then you will need to parse it yourself. What I think your saying is that you declare an array using heredata= [ { name: Bhengu, surname: Nathi}, { name: Tsunami, surname: Msipha}, { name: Fish, surname: Lee} ]; so heredata is an array! The above example sets myObject as an array also, heredata and myObject are an array of the same type? That said I'm a bit confused by what your actually asking.... – Liam Mar 07 '12 at 11:09

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 07 '12 at 12:34

Use json_decode() with the second parameter true, which will force the returned objects to be converted to arrays.

$result = json_decode($jsonStr, true);
if (isset($result)) {
  do something here...
}

Check the manual entry for detailed use (ex. the $depth parameter).

convert from JSON to an array

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