How to encode JSON object from an array in php?

Question

My code looks like:

if ( $query->have_posts() ) {
    $j = 1; 
    while ( $query->have_posts() ) {
        $query->the_post();

        $bcData[] = array(
           'title'=>get_the_title(),
        );

$j++;
    }
echo json_encode($bcData);
} else {
    // no posts found
}

$bcData array outputs(using print_r ):

Array ( 
    [0] => Array ( [title] => Pink Nail Shop 9 ) 
    [1] => Array ( [title] => Pink Nail Shop 8 ) 
)

When I encode this array to json (using json_encode), the newly created json looks like:

[{"title":"Pink Nail Shop 9"},{"title":"Pink Nail Shop 8"}]

While I need json like this:

[{"shop":{"title":"Pink Nail Shop 9"}},{"shop":{"title":"Pink Nail Shop 8"}}]

Hopefully this makes sense, as I've tried hard to articulate what I am trying to accomplish.

Thanks!

You need to nest your appended arrays then in another one with "shop"=> as key. — mario
– mario, Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 23:35
Why would you expect that output if your PHP data structure doesn't match? — elclanrs
– elclanrs, Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 23:35
I need to use it with some JavaScript plugin where I need same structure. — Imran Subhani
– Imran Subhani, Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 23:36

DJafari · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-25 00:05:46Z

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if ( $query->have_posts() )
{
    $bcData = array();
    $j = 1; 
    while ( $query->have_posts() )
    {
        $query->the_post();

        $bcData[] = array(
            'shop' => array(
                'title'=>get_the_title()
            )
        );
        $j++;
    }
    echo json_encode($bcData);
} else {
    // no posts found
}

edited Jul 25, 2013 at 0:05

answered Jul 24, 2013 at 23:35

DJafari

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Imran Subhani Over a year ago

It outputs only: [{"shop":{"title":"Pink Nail Shop 9"}}] its inside a loop.

Imran Subhani Over a year ago

btw answer from miguelcaires is correct and it works like I want.

DJafari Over a year ago

@Imran are you testing my code ? my code result is : [{"shop":{"title":"Test 0"}},{"shop":{"title":"Test 1"}},{"shop":{"title":"Test 2"}}] your problem is another

DJafari Over a year ago

@Imran You're welcome, if your problem exist yet, edit your question, and add complete your source code

Imran Subhani Over a year ago

let us continue this discussion in chat

miguelcaires · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-24 23:37:03Z

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Have you tried:

$bcData['shop'][] = array(
   'title'=>get_the_title(),
);
echo json_encode($bcData);

answered Jul 24, 2013 at 23:37

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Sven Over a year ago

And have you? The index "shop" is at the wrong spot in your code.

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