pass php array to jquery

Question

Can someone please give me a simple example how should jquery $.ajax syntax look like in order to pass array from php to jquery.

On server side I have:

$a=array(1,2,3,4,5); 
echo json_encode($a);

So, I'd like get this to js and have:

   js_array=[1,2,3,4,5];

I'd really appreciate any help, cause I've been trying for some time now and no luck.

Thank you!

You should set a proper content type in the PHP code, like header("Content-type: application/json");. — Matthew
– Matthew, Commented Mar 11, 2011 at 18:59

ThiefMaster · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-11 18:57:16Z

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$.ajax({
  method: 'GET', // or POST
  url: 'yourfile.php',
  dataType: 'json',
  data: {}, // put data to be sent via GET/POST into this object if necessary
  success: function(response) {
    // response is your array
  }
});

answered Mar 11, 2011 at 18:57

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Newman1510 Over a year ago

Thanks!!! I was doing the same thing for two hours and didn't realize 2 things. First, it's "dataType" not "datatype" and second, I was echoing wrong format from php in the first plase.Soo...THANK YOU!

Naftali · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-11 18:56:53Z

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you can either use:

$.ajax({
  url: 'url',
  dataType: 'json',
  success: function(data){
    //do something with data
  }
});

or:

$.getJSON('url', function(data) {
  do something with data
})

answered Mar 11, 2011 at 18:56

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