jQuery JSON Decode ( PHP to Javascript)

Question

I'm trying to make an autocomplete script. I pass variables through JSON, and then I don't know how to go on to decode JSON.

This is an example of the JSON code I got, and I'd like to convert it in a simple javascript array:

[{"ID":"1","name":"Amateur astronomy \r"},{"ID":"2","name":"Amateur microscopy \r"},{"ID":"173","name":"Amateur radio \r"},{"ID":"299","name":"Amateur astronomy \r"},{"ID":"349","name":"Amateur theater \r"}] 

Answer 1

The standard JavaScript way to do this would be to use JSON.parse:

var myArray = JSON.parse(someJSONString);

For compatibility with older browsers that lack a built-in JSON object, jQuery has its own method:

var myArray = jQuery.parseJSON(someJSONString);

Such method is deprecated as of jQuery/3.0.

Answer 2

The standard way with JavaScript is to use JSON.parse:

var myObject = JSON.parse( rawJSON );

If you're using jQuery with $.ajax (or alternative) you can use dataType: 'json'

$.ajax({ 
    type: 'GET', 
    url: 'request.php', 
    data: { variable: 'value' }, 
    dataType: 'json',
    success: function(data) { 
        // you can use data.blah, or if working with multiple rows
        // of data, then you can use $.each()
    }   
});

Although, if your server sent back the header Content-Type: application/json jQuery would return it like this anyway.

Although the other way with jQuery is using $.parseJSON(rawJSON); You don't have to do this if you're using the dataType.

var JSONArray = $.parseJSON(rawJSON);