Creating a jSON object using php loop

Question

I am trying to create a quick object for working with a graph I am making.

This is what the output looks like:

[
  ['Firefox',   45.0],
  ['IE',       26.8],
  ['Safari',    8.5],
  ['Opera',     6.2],
  ['Others',   0.7]
]

My code / loop that I need to use to create this data:

$series = Array();
foreach($segmentData->segment as $segment){ 

    echo $segment->segmentName . ' has ' . $segment->total . '<br />';
    //Need to create the data here

}

Just append a simple two-value array to your $series array? — mario
– mario, Commented Jun 6, 2014 at 15:15

xxcezz · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-06 15:18:51Z

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Since the reference array provided is not an object/non-associative you cannot create keys in PHP then json_encode it. The reference array provided simply needs a 2 element array for each segment. Simply create the data using a PHP non-associated array. Then json_encode the data. This should match exactly the reference array you provided.

$output = array();
foreach($segmentData->segment as $segment){ 
    array_push($output, array($segment->segmentName, $segment->total));
}
header("Content-type: application/json");
echo json_encode($output);

answered Jun 6, 2014 at 15:18

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SBB Over a year ago

This didn't create the output that I listed :/

SBB Over a year ago

[[{"0":"SSP II"},{"0":"3"}],[{"0":"Limitations"},{"0":"2"}],[{"0":"Disputes"},{"0":"2"}],[{"0":"PSS"},{"0":"4"}],[{"0":"Debit Card"},{"0":"5"}]]

xxcezz Over a year ago

Odd... this means your variables you provided are objects themselves and not simply text/numbers. what does var_dump($segment->segmentName) and var_dump($segment->total) output?

SBB Over a year ago

array_push($output, array((string)$segment->segmentName, (string)$segment->total)); this fixed it :)

SBB Over a year ago

Is there a way to not include quotes around the numeric value though ? [["SSP II","3"],["Limitations","2"],["Disputes","2"],["PSS","4"],["Debit Card","5"]] the quotes around the numbers throw it off

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ɹɐqʞɐ zoɹǝɟ · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-06 15:14:57Z

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to create json object add the values to an array in loop and then using json_enode do like below

foreach($segmentData->segment as $segment){ 

        $final[$segment->segmentName]=$segment->total;
    }

    $final = json_encode($final);

answered Jun 6, 2014 at 15:14

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