I have to pass a php multidimensional array via ajax/jQuery to another php file. I have encoded the array using I expected theat every item in the array would have been an array itself. Instead it returns [Object object]. How can I access the data using php?
here's my code:
in the first php file:
<script type="text/javascript">
var arr_data = <?php echo json_encode($itemsData); ?>;
$("#confirmButton").click(function(){
$.post("send_test.php", {"my_array_data[]":my_array_data}, function( data ) {
alert(data);
});
});
</script>
the other php file:
<?php
$my_array_data = $_POST['my_array_data'];
?>
if I try to retrieve the first row ($my_array_data[0]
) I get [Object object]
I just want to access to $my_array_data[0]['category']
etc.
A couple of errors here:
[]
my_array_data
is never definedredo your code like this:
PHP
$itemsData = array(
array(
"test" => 30,
"test2" => 10,
),
array(
"test" => 90,
"test2" => 50,
)
);
JS
var arr_data = <?php echo json_encode($itemsData); ?>;
$("#confirmButton").click(function () {
$.post("send_test.php", {my_array_data: arr_data}, function (data) {
console.log(data);
});
});
Then in send_test.php
$data = $_POST['my_array_data'];
print_r($data);
Result:
Array
(
[0] => stdClass Object
(
[test] => 30
[test2] => 10
)
[1] => stdClass Object
(
[test] => 90
[test2] => 50
)
)
You're putting json-encoded data into the arr_data
javascript variable - however you don't appear to be sending that to the other php file.
In the other php file, try using json_decode
on the data you're receiving in the POST request:
$my_array_data = json_decode($_POST['my_array_data']);
Yes, as Aric says, name array consistently like this:
var my_arr_data = <?php echo json_encode($itemsData); ?>;