PHP json_decode data format

Question

my json data that names are between ("") is working as following.

var_dump(json_decode('{"a":"foo","b":"bar"}', true));

but names are not between ("") is not working:

var_dump(json_decode('{a:"foo",b:"bar"}', true)) ;

my json data is coming from another server like this:

{a:"foo",b:"bar"}

and that json created by php with json_encode.

$rows = array();
while($r = mysqli_fetch_assoc($sql)) {
    $rows[] = $r;
}
return json_encode($rows)

but json_decode returning NULL for this object.

That's not JSON then, but JavaScript Object Literals (JSOL). PHPs plain json_decode() does not support it. Use a more specific parser, or one of the unreliable patch workarounds. — mario
– mario, Commented Sep 12, 2014 at 14:00
No, it's certainly not. Two alternatives: How to parse this json with php? — mario
– mario, Commented Sep 12, 2014 at 14:08

MrTippet · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-12 14:00:54Z

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Looks like you will have to modify the string before parsing it because that isn't valid JSON. You can check it with a site like this.

answered Sep 12, 2014 at 14:00

MrTippet

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