Convert JavaScript Object / JSON into PHP Array Trouble [duplicate]

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I have a large list of over 1,000 items in JavaScript i this format...

var plugins = [
    {
        name: "Roundabout - Interactive, turntable-like areas",
        url: "http:\/\/fredhq.com/projects/roundabout/",
        tag: "slide"
    },
    {
        name: "Slides - Simple slideshow plugin for jQuery",
        url: "http://slidesjs.com/",
        tag: "slide"
    }

    ......lots more
]

My goal is to import them into a PHP array like this....

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [name] => Roundabout - Interactive, turntable-like areas/
            [url] => http://fredhq.com/projects/roundabout/
            [tag] => slide
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [name] => Slides - Simple slideshow plugin for jQuery
            [url] => http://slidesjs.com/
            [tag] => slide
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [name] => Orbit - jQuery Image Slider Plugin
            [url] => http://www.zurb.com/playground/jquery_image_slider_plugin/
            [tag] => slide
        )

)

I tried using PHP's json_decode() function however the source JS does not have the keys wrapped in " so it does not work.

When I manually added "'s around the keys and some backslashes then PHP json_decode() works....

$json = '[{
    "name": "Roundabout - Interactive, turntable-like areas/",
    "url": "http:\/\/fredhq.com/projects/roundabout/",
    "tag": "slide"
},
{
    "name": "Slides - Simple slideshow plugin for jQuery",
    "url": "http:\/\/slidesjs.com\/",
    "tag": "slide"
},
{
    "name": "Orbit - jQuery Image Slider Plugin",
    "url": "http:\/\/www.zurb.com/playground/jquery_image_slider_plugin/",
    "tag": "slide"
}]';

echo '<pre>';
print_r(json_decode($json, true));
echo '</pre>';

The issue though is my large list does not have the keys wrapped in quotes so I need a way to automate it.

Could someone help me to achieve the end goal since my attempts have all failed so far please?

You're trying to parse Javascript source code? Why is the data only available as Javascript source code? Can you not get the data in actual JSON or any other format? — deceze
– deceze ♦, Commented Aug 18, 2015 at 11:14
It works if you apply JSON.stringify(obj) in your object before the PHP function json_decode. — Marcelo Camargo
– Marcelo Camargo, Commented Aug 18, 2015 at 11:14
Can't you simply run this through actual Javascript then and have it generate the output you need? Even if that's just JSON encoding it once? — deceze
– deceze ♦, Commented Aug 18, 2015 at 11:19
Right now that data is just in a JS File so I am not sending it to PHP. Other than my test to store it in a PHP variable and convert it into PHP array. I just need to process the JS file of data 1 time so my new PHP backend can insert all the old records in the JS object into a database — JasonDavis
– JasonDavis, Commented Aug 18, 2015 at 11:20

ChrisF · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-18 12:15:01Z

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It looks like the problem can be solved manually by taking this method, as having said that the JSON presented here is valid, it is better to use either console or something to make the JSON valid for everywhere not only in JavaScript by using:

plugins = JSON.stringify(plugins);

This will make the plugins to look like:

"[{"name":"Roundabout - Interactive, turntable-like areas","url":"http://fredhq.com/projects/roundabout/","tag":"slide"},{"name":"Slides - Simple slideshow plugin for jQuery","url":"http://slidesjs.com/","tag":"slide"}]"

Removing the quotes and putting it in JSONLint will give out a valid JSON like the below:

[
    {
        "name": "Roundabout - Interactive, turntable-like areas",
        "url": "http://fredhq.com/projects/roundabout/",
        "tag": "slide"
    },
    {
        "name": "Slides - Simple slideshow plugin for jQuery",
        "url": "http://slidesjs.com/",
        "tag": "slide"
    }
]

Now the best way is to copy this output and save it in the text.

edited Aug 18, 2015 at 12:15

ChrisF

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answered Aug 18, 2015 at 11:15

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8 Comments

deceze Over a year ago

That assumes some sort of "sending" is going on here...

Praveen Kumar Purushothaman Over a year ago

@deceze How does JavaScript then send the content to PHP?

deceze Over a year ago

I have no idea! Sounds to me like OP is trying to parse a Javascript source code file of some sort or another.

Marcelo Camargo Over a year ago

@PraveenKumar, we don't know if the OP can use JavaScript here. It was what we were discussing in comments above.

Praveen Kumar Purushothaman Over a year ago

@MarceloCamargo var, JavaScript and the OP has tagged JavaScript too.

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