What is causing “Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token o” with $.parseJSON() and JSON.parse() [duplicate]

Question

I Have looked all over SO and Google but have have noting that has helped and I'm unsure how to continue. I have an array which I am returning from a php page using echo json_encode() that looks like this:

[" "," "," "," "," ",1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31] 

but I keep getting Unexpected token o at Object.parse (native) when I try to use JSON.parse() and Unexpected token o at Function.parse (native) when I use the JQuery alternitive.

but when I just attach it to the $scope I can print it out using on the page, so What am I doing wrong and how can I correct this?

this is my controller

function myController($scope, memberFactory) {      response = memberFactory.getMonth("2013-08-01 06:30:00");     //$scope.response = response;     var monthDays = $.parseJSON(response);      var dates = [];     for (var i = 0; i < monthDays.length; i++) {         if (i % 7 == 0) dates.push([]);         dates[dates.length - 1].push(monthDays[i]);     }     $scope.dates = dates;     // } 

this is my Service Method:

obj.getMonth = function (date) {     var month = $q.defer();     $http.get('getMonth.php?date=' + date)         .success(function (data, status, headers, config) {         month.resolve(data);      });      return month.promise; } 

and this is my php:

<?php $daysOfMonth=[ " ", " ", " ", " ", " ",1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31]; echo json_encode($daysOfMonth); ?> 

Things I have Tried

If I return the typeof I get Object, so I have then tried var monthDays = Array.prototype.slice.call(response) and var monthDays = $.map(response, function (value, key) { return value; });as suggested in some of the answers here, I have also tried JSON.stringify() but I just get {} as the result

I am really frustrated with this an really need someone to point me in the correct direction

Update

I believe this may be an issue with using $q.defer() as I updated my getMonth Method as follows:

obj.getMonth = function (date) {     var month = $q.defer();     $http.get('getMonth.php?date=' + date)         .success(function (data, status, headers, config) {         month.resolve(data);         console.log("data " + data[0]);         console.log("resolved " + month.promise[0]);      });      return month.promise; }    

now I get 1 for console.log("data " + data[0]); as expected but I get for console.log(month); I get [object Object] forconsole.log(month.promise) I get [object Object]and for console.log(month.promise[0]); I get undefined

Answer 1

response is already parsed, you don't need to parse it again.

If you parse it again it will perform a toString-cast first so you're parsing

"[object Object]" 

which explains the unexpected token o.