CodeIgniter: json_decode array issues

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On my client side I'm sending an ajax request with jQuery in the following matter:

$.post(script.php, { "var1":"something", "var2":"[1,2,3]" }, function(data) { }, "json");

On the server side, in the CodeIgniter's controller I'm receiving the values like so:

$var1 = trim($this->input->post('var1'));
$var2 = trim($this->input->post('var2'));

My question is how do I convert the string in $var2 into a PHP array. I tried using json_decode($var2, true) but it returns a null since "[1,2,3]" is not a legal JSON string by itself.

Also, if you believe there is a better way for me to read the values on the server-side please show me how.

Thank you.

thedp · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-14 19:40:46Z

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As @Galen stated in his comment to my question, it works. The reason I got a null from json_decode is because it tried it with a non-array value, which requires a double ".

edited May 14, 2010 at 19:40

answered May 14, 2010 at 12:59

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bschaeffer · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-13 20:14:00Z

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You could do this:

$var2 = trim($this->input->post('var2'), "[]");

$array = explode(",", $var2);

answered May 13, 2010 at 20:14

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thedp Over a year ago

I thought about that, but I prefer not to. Today it's a simple array, tomorrow a more complex structure of array of arrays, etc.

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