PHP: Create JSON data for JS autocomplete from Database

Question

I wish to prepare the JSON data and send to jquery autocomplete made by devbridge, it want the data be format as this scheme:

{
    "suggestions": [
        { "value": "United Arab Emirates", "data": "AE" },
        { "value": "United Kingdom",       "data": "UK" },
        { "value": "United States",        "data": "US" }
    ]
}

So I'm trying to get the data from database and put in an array.

<?php
include '../core/config.php';
include '../core/db.class.php';

$DB->query("SELECT * FROM `prodotti`;");
$prodotti = $DB->fetchAll();

class json_prodotti {
    public $suggestions = '';
}
class json_suggestions {
    public $value = '';
    public $data = '';
    public $price = '';
}

$j = new json_prodotti;
$s = new json_suggestions;
$a = array();

foreach ($prodotti as $prd ) {
    $s->value = $prd['name'];
    $s->data  = $prd['ID'];
    $s->price = $prd['price'];
    array_push($a,$s);
}


$j->suggestions = $a;


echo json_encode($j);

?>

As you can see I'm using a database class, this work as expected and I'm using it in other parts of project. Here is the function fetchAll() that is called to fetch the data, the __construct is working fine.

public function fetchAll(){
    $this->execute();
    return $this->stmt->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
}

PROBLEM:

Something is wrong in my code, I got the JSON as expected, but the foreach cycle repeat the same database row as many rows I got in database. EG:

{
 "suggestions":[
    {"value":"Item 4","data":"6","price":"0.48"},
    {"value":"Item 4","data":"6","price":"0.48"},
    {"value":"Item 4","data":"6","price":"0.48"},
    {"value":"Item 4","data":"6","price":"0.48"}
]}

Pipe · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-25 01:47:53Z

1

Just create a new suggestion each time:

$j = new json_prodotti;
$a = array();

foreach ($prodotti as $prd ) {
    $s = new json_suggestions;
    $s->value = $prd['name'];
    $s->data  = $prd['ID'];
    $s->price = $prd['price'];
    array_push($a,$s);
}

Otherwise you are modifying the same object... thats why in json_encode you get the same value for all suggestions... you are adding the same suggestion many times...

answered Jan 25, 2017 at 1:47

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