How do you assign a PHP array to jQuery array? [duplicate]

Question

I am unable to figure out how to assign PHP array to jQuery array?.

I want to do something like the following:

var jQueryArray = <?php $phpArray; ?>;

Can anyone tell me how I can do this?

Answer 1

Use json encode.

json_encode — Returns the JSON representation of a value

Example:

var arrayFromPHP = <?php echo json_encode($arr); ?>;

Answer 2

You need to use json_encode

var jQueryArray = <?php echo json_encode($phpArray); ?>;

Answer 3

You could use the json_encode function:

var jQueryArray = <?php echo json_encode($phpArray); ?>;

Answer 4

You can use json_encode

<?php
$arr = array('a' => 1, 'b' => 2, 'c' => 3, 'd' => 4, 'e' => 5);

echo json_encode($arr);
?>

Answer 5

Don't forget that PHP json_encode will only work on UTF8 encoded text ...

$jsonString = json_encode(array_map(utf8_encode, $rawArray));

would be a more universal solution I think, but I'm a bit tired so 'scuse any coding gaffs ...