JSON response not objects from php

Question

I'm using a php proxy to bypass cross domain ajax issues

My php:

return array(
        'status' => 'ok',
        'header' => $header,
        'content' => $content
    );

So now my $response['content'] holds my content, but i also want my headers.

If i:

echo $response['content'];

Then i get my response like: enter image description here

Which is what i need! but i also want to have the $response[header] in the echo. But if i:

echo $response;

I get: enter image description here

How can I get both in a json response so i can then use it in my javascript code? And why is it just returning plaintext 'Array'

If i use json_encode its not formatted properly like in my first example.

enter image description here

Its lost all its formatting..?

echo does not print out objects. Perhaps use var_dump instead. — Phil Tune
– Phil Tune, Commented Dec 15, 2014 at 23:59
I said in OP i use json_encode and it looses its formatting. var_dump also — nicwhitts
– nicwhitts, Commented Dec 16, 2014 at 0:02

MrMartiniMo · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-16 00:25:09Z

2

You have to parse the respond data $content with json_decode()

$data = array(
    'status' => 'ok',
    'header' => $header,
    'content' => json_decode($content)
);

header('Content-type: application/json');
echo json_encode($data);

Alternatively you can return JSON directly, without parsing

header('Content-type: application/json');
echo '{"status":"ok", "header":"' . $header . '", "content":"' . $content . '"}';

edited Dec 16, 2014 at 0:25

answered Dec 16, 2014 at 0:02

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2 Comments

IMSoP Over a year ago

I don't normally upvote code-only answers, but I'm feeling generous. Try to explain why this code might work better than the OP's, so that they and future readers can learn how you worked it out, not just copy and paste your code.

nicwhitts Over a year ago

Thanks that seems to be what i was looking for. Except my 'header' needs parsing to json now as its just an array of header 'text' e.g. "Pragma: no-cache"

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