AJAX Send array as response from Laravel

Question

I am trying to send from Laravel a response to an AJAX post request.

public function infoRoute(Request $request)
    {
        // Get info
        $ship_id = $request->ship_id;
        $startDate = $request->datepicker_start;
        $endDate = $request->datepicker_end;

        // Get all the locations between those dates
        $routeArray = $this->measurementRepository->getCoordinates($ship_id, $startDate, $endDate);

        $ship = $this->shipRepository->getShipForId($ship_id);
        $info = $this->createRouteArrayForShip($ship, $routeArray);

        if($request->ajax()) {
            return response()->json(json_encode($info));
        }
    }

    protected function createRouteArrayForShip($ship, $routeArray)
    {
        $info['type'] = "showRoute";

        $index = 0;

        foreach($routeArray as $coordinates)
        {
            $info['info']['route']['loc'. $index] = $coordinates;
            $index++;
        }

        $info['info']['shipInfo'] = $ship;

        //dd($info);
        return $info;
    }

When I receive the information and process it with jQuery, everything shows except from the route, that is empty.

Thank you,

if you use your browser developer tools.. what data do you see coming back in the response? — Dale
– Dale, Commented May 5, 2016 at 11:19
At least you don't need response()->json(json_encode($info));, use response()->json($info); — lifekent
– lifekent, Commented May 5, 2016 at 14:15
@Dale What I get back is an Object, containing an Object "info" and a string "type". Inside "info" I only get the object shipInfo. But there is no sign of route — Marta Méndez Simón
– Marta Méndez Simón, Commented May 6, 2016 at 7:46

Pascal · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-05 19:40:51Z

3

The response()->json() method converts the given array into JSON using the json_encode() PHP function behind the scene. Therefor you should remove your json_encode() from inside the response()->json() call.

Basically it should look like this

return response()->json($info);

answered May 5, 2016 at 19:40

Pascal

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Marta Méndez Simón Over a year ago

Thank you! I have done that but it still isn't working. I think it has something to do with the fact that $info does not contain the coordinates from the route. It is sent empty. If I do dd($info) before returning the response, the route is empty. But when I call the function createRouteArrayForShip it actually saves the records in the array

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