PHP Json response formatting

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I have the following script that returns a json response.

$response["customer_creds"] =array(array('customer_names'=>$user['name'], 'customer_email' => $user['email'], 'customer_id' => $user['customer_id'], 'customer_type' => $user['customer_type'], 'rating' => $user['rating']));

The above script returns:

"customer_creds": [
    {
      "customer_names": "John Doe",
      "customer_email": "[email protected]",
      "customer_id": "123456",
      "customer_type": "1",
      "rating": "4"
    }
  ],

Now I want my json to return the customer_type as an object.("customer_type": [1],

I have tried json decoding and encoding on the same script but nothing seems to work. Any workarounds on this? At a later stage I'll want to have my json to return multiple customer types. The final response should be something like this:

"customer_creds": [
  {
      "customer_names": "John Doe",
      "customer_email": "[email protected]",
      "customer_id": "123456",
      "customer_type": [1,2,3],
      "rating": "4"
    }
  ],

Any suggestion would be highly appreciated. Thanks

If you want customer_type' to be an array, then assign an array: 'customer_type' => array(...). This has nothing to do with JSON. — Felix Kling
– Felix Kling, Commented Mar 15, 2016 at 18:23

Here2Help · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-15 18:23:21Z

2

You just want the customer_type to be an array of values, instead of just one value?

$response["customer_creds"] = array(
    array(
        'customer_names' => $user['name'], 
        'customer_email' => $user['email'], 
        'customer_id' => $user['customer_id'], 
        'customer_type' => array($user['customer_type']), // Just wrap it with array()
        'rating' => $user['rating']
    )
);

answered Mar 15, 2016 at 18:23

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5 Comments

nick Over a year ago

it returns "customer_type": [ "1" ], and i want "customer_type": [ 1 ],

Here2Help Over a year ago

@nick isn't that what you wanted?

Here2Help Over a year ago

@nick oh you want an integer 1 instead of a string "1"? Just put intval() around the $user['customer_type'].

nick Over a year ago

a problem is actuakky coming up when i return an array of values. It just returns the first value when i use 'customer_type' => array(intval($user['customer_type']).','.intval($user['customer_driver'])),

Felix Kling Over a year ago

@nick: You need to learn how arrays work: secure.php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php. You are trying to perform string concatenation. An array is not a string.

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