PHP json_decode JSON string not decoding

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{ 
    "hintsacross": 
    [ { "number":"1" , "hinttext":"Hurt", "hintsquare":"A1" }, 
      { "number":"5" , "hinttext":"Make a selection", "hintsquare":"A6" }, 
      { "number":"8" , "hinttext":"Frank", "hintsquare":"A10" }
    ] ,
    "hintsdown": 
    [ { "number":"1" , "hinttext":"First Greek letter", "hintsquare":"A1" },
      { "number":"2" , "hinttext":"Used footnotes", "hintsquare":"A2" }, 
      { "number":"3" , "hinttext":"Listened to", "hintsquare":"A3" }
    ] 
 }

For some reason json_decode of PHP is not decoding this JSON.

Thanks in advance...

P.S. I am getting an error when this line 25 runs:

$temp = json_decode( $obj->hints,true );

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'hintsacross' (T_STRING) in C:\Program Files (x86)\Zend\Apache2\htdocs\crosswords\query.blockouts.php on line 25

I validated my JSON through JSONlint and the parse error is coming out.

invalid json.. comma(,) is missing newr by ], "hintsdown": [ — Sundar
– Sundar, Commented Aug 16, 2013 at 4:56

Chris Forrence · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-16 04:55:42Z

5

It is invalid JSON. Try adding a comma before "hintsdown" and retrying the json_decode.

{
    "hintsacross": [
        {
            "number": "1",
            "hinttext": "Hurt",
            "hintsquare": "A1"
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "hinttext": "Make a selection",
            "hintsquare": "A6"
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "hinttext": "Frank",
            "hintsquare": "A10"
        }
    ],
    "hintsdown": [
        {
            "number": "1",
            "hinttext": "First Greek letter",
            "hintsquare": "A1"
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "hinttext": "Used footnotes",
            "hintsquare": "A2"
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "hinttext": "Listened to",
            "hintsquare": "A3"
        }
    ]
}

answered Aug 16, 2013 at 4:55

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Chris Forrence Over a year ago

As an aside, it helps to validate your JSON using an online tool or other validator (I use JSONLint)

backtrack · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-16 04:56:08Z

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   $ll="{ "hintsacross": [ { "number":"1" , "hinttext":"Hurt", "hintsquare":"A1" }, { "number":"5" , "hinttext":"Make a selection", "hintsquare":"A6" }, { "number":"8" , "hinttext":"Frank", "hintsquare":"A10" } ],
   "hintsdown": [ { "number":"1" , "hinttext":"First Greek letter", "hintsquare":"A1" }, { "number":"2" , "hinttext":"Used footnotes", "hintsquare":"A2" }, { "number":"3" , "hinttext":"Listened to", "hintsquare":"A3" } ] } "

    $ll = json_decode($ll);
    print_r($ll);

add (,) comma near

],
   "hintsdown"

hope this will help

answered Aug 16, 2013 at 4:56

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Roy M J · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-16 05:00:01Z

The json is not in correct format. Use jsonlint.com to check this. You will get the error and if the json format is correct, you will get an okay message as well.

Parse error on line 18:
...A10"        }    ]"hintsdown": [     
---------------------^
Expecting 'EOF', '}', ',', ']'

Correct json :

{
    "hintsacross": [
        {
            "number": "1",
            "hinttext": "Hurt",
            "hintsquare": "A1"
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "hinttext": "Make a selection",
            "hintsquare": "A6"
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "hinttext": "Frank",
            "hintsquare": "A10"
        }
    ],
    "hintsdown": [
        {
            "number": "1",
            "hinttext": "First Greek letter",
            "hintsquare": "A1"
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "hinttext": "Used footnotes",
            "hintsquare": "A2"
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "hinttext": "Listened to",
            "hintsquare": "A3"
        }
    ]
}

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