JSONKit failed to parse simple JSON from php?

Question

I am using JSONKit in my iOS app. It loads an extremely simple JSON served by my php file:

http://staging.comwerks.net/terrence/ecitizen/article.php

somehow, it is producing an error: "Unexpected token, wanted '{', '}', '[', ']', ',', ':', 'true', 'false', 'null', '"STRING"', 'NUMBER'.}

When I try to use http://jsonlint.com/ to lint my URL above. It is giving a similar error complaining about the open bracket!

my php cant be more simple:

<?php
header('Content-type: application/json');
$json = array('a' => 1, 'b' => 2, 'c' => 3, 'd' => 4, 'e' => 5);
echo json_encode($json);
?>

+1 for an really well-presented question.

Dan Ray
– Dan Ray

2012-04-10 12:22:50 +00:00
Commented Apr 10, 2012 at 12:22 — Dan Ray
– Dan Ray, Commented Apr 10, 2012 at 12:22

Nick H · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-10 11:40:28Z

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It might be complaining about the Unicode byte order mark at the start of the response. If I copy and paste the output into the linter, it validates. It's probably at the start of your article.php file. Your text editor should have an option to save without it (possibly in the Save As... dialog).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_order_mark

answered Apr 10, 2012 at 11:40

Nick H

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mkto Over a year ago

thanks nick... I resaved the php file using Notepad++ in UTF8-Without BOM. Then it works!

Nick H Over a year ago

No problem. BOMs cause more problems than they solve so it's best to do without them wherever possible!

Peter M · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-10 11:50:15Z

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I agree with Nick. When I pulled the json directly to a file, my editor said the encoding was UTF-8 with BOM.

In addition the JSON validator you used gives me this error:

JSON Parse error: Unrecognized token '?'

answered Apr 10, 2012 at 11:50

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