JSON iteration in php using data sent by java/android

Question

From my android my PHP sever is receiving the below json :

{
  "class":"SURESHOT",
  "subject":"Maths",
  "qstn":"[607421_15958169393.JPG, 410816_15958169444.JPG, 
          655502_15958169495.JPG,   625421_15958179086.JPG, 
          625421_15958179086.JPG, 461984_15958180457.JPG]",
  "ans":"[C, B, A, D, C, C]",
  "lickey":"jg2ler3xvbdgsjkru12tutujghgjgl4jkjojuir8uttzcdadasretf",
  "user":"1000",
  "result":"[fail,fail, pass, fail, fail, fail]",
  "qid":"[37, 38, 39, 40, 40, 41]"
 }

Now iterating through the data is not possible in PHP. 'qstn', 'ans' and 'result' are the problematic ones. How can we do it properly?

I used json_encode(($_POST),true); for preliminary data conversion.

This is the code I run to get the JSON:

This is the code from I get json.

   reqPostanswers = new StringRequest(Request.Method.POST, urll,new  Response.Listener<String>() {
        @Override
        public void onResponse(String response) {
            //Log.i("posting info :",response.toString());
        }
    }, new Response.ErrorListener() {
        @Override
        public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
            //Log.i("posting error  :",error.toString());
        }
    }){

        @Override
        protected Map<String,String> getParams(){
            Map<String,String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();
            params.put("subject",subject);
            params.put("class",qSet[qsetCntr][0]);
            params.put("user", thisuser);
            params.put("result",resltn.toString());
            params.put("qstn",qstnn.toString());
            params.put("qid", qiddn.toString());
            params.put("ans",answn.toString());
            params.put("lickey","jg2ler3xvbdgsjkru12tutujghgjgl4jkjojuir8uttzcdadasretf");

            return params;
        }

    };
    answerpostQueue = Volley.newRequestQueue(getApplicationContext());
    answerpostQueue.add(reqPostanswers);

The arrays or variables in the prams set up is Arraylists only.

Can you show the code the creates this problematic JSON?

Joni
– Joni

2020-08-09 18:22:39 +00:00
Commented Aug 9, 2020 at 18:22 — Joni
– Joni, Commented Aug 9, 2020 at 18:22
@Joni, I hve added code.

Bineesh Kumar
– Bineesh Kumar

2020-08-09 18:49:32 +00:00
Commented Aug 9, 2020 at 18:49 — Bineesh Kumar
– Bineesh Kumar, Commented Aug 9, 2020 at 18:49

Joni · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-09 20:27:51Z

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The Android code is not actually sending JSON to the server. It's using the old key-value form field format, which does not have a way to represent complex objects. To fix this, change the Android code to use JsonObjectRequest instead of StringRequest, and pass the request in as a JSONObject:

JSONObject params = new JSONObject();
params.put("subject",subject);
params.put("class",qSet[qsetCntr][0]);
params.put("user", thisuser);
params.put("result", new JSONArray(resltn));
params.put("qstn", new JSONArray(qstnn));
params.put("qid", new JSONArray(qiddn));
params.put("ans", new JSONArray(answn));
params.put("lickey","jg2ler3xvbdgsjkru12tutujghgjgl4jkjojuir8uttzcdadasretf");

reqPostanswers = new JsonObjectRequest(Request.Method.POST, urll, params,
    new  Response.Listener<String>() { ... },
    new Response.ErrorListener() { ... }
});

After you have done this change, you most likely have to change your PHP code too, so that it reads JSON from the request body. How to do that is explained for example here: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-receive-json-post-with-php/

answered Aug 9, 2020 at 20:27

Joni

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Bineesh Kumar Over a year ago

you did it. Thanks. It was a great help. Still the whole issue is not fixed.

Bineesh Kumar Over a year ago

This was the php part i had to use for success. $json = file_get_contents('php://input'); $decoded=json_decode($json,true); so that $decoded is a qualified php array.

Aashit Shah · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-09 19:01:41Z

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first of all the problem is with your created json. Json array should be as shown below ,

"qstn": ["607421_15958169393.JPG","410816_15958169444.JPG",
      "655502_15958169495.JPG","625421_15958179086.JPG","625421_15958179086.JPG", 
"461984_15958180457.JPG"]

Convert your json array in the manner shown above and in php side use ,

$model = json_decode($json,true);

Now u can access the values from this variable as following:

 $class = $model["class"];
 //The 0th index of qstn array can be accessed as
 $qsnt1 = $model["qstn"][0];

For saving yourself from such errors in future use gson to create json for you.

answered Aug 9, 2020 at 19:01

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GNassro · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-09 18:51:53Z

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using ltrim and rtrim functions to delete the [ and ] from the string, then with explode you can convert the string into array. NB: this exemple only work when the delimiter is , and blank space (", ")

exemple with "qstn":

$array = json_decode($json, true);

$resultArray = explode(", ",rtrim(ltrim($array["qstn"],"["),"]"));

var_dump($resultArray);

answered Aug 9, 2020 at 18:51

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Bineesh Kumar Over a year ago

thank you. But what is the best way to create complex JSON from java arrays ?

GNassro Over a year ago

i didn't undrestand what you mean create complex JSON from java arrays ?

Bineesh Kumar Over a year ago

my question was not a qualified one. Sorry.

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