Issue with JSON String in php

Question

I have an issue with a json string.

I send this json string in Postman,

{
 "places": [
       {
         "longitude": "79.9304633",
         "latitude": "6.720229199999999",
         "city": "Panadura"
       },
       {
         "longitude": "79.86296829999999",
         "latitude": "6.855948499999999",
         "city": "Dehiwala"
       }
  ]
}

But in the server side, when I get this value using this,

$jsonPlaces = $_POST['jsonplaces'];

and the value of $jsonPlaces looks like this,

{\\\"places\\\":[{\\\"longitude\\\":\\\"79.9304633\\\",\\\"latitude\\\":\\\"6.720229199999999\\\",\\\"city\\\":\\\"Panadura\\\"},{\\\"longitude\\\":\\\"79.86296829999999\\\",\\\"latitude\\\":\\\"6.855948499999999\\\",\\\"city\\\":\\\"Dehiwala\\\"}]}

therefore json_encode() function doesn't work for the above string since json syntax is changed. How to fix this issue?

Thanks

try using stripslashes($_POST['jsonplaces'])

Kamran
– Kamran

2015-04-12 11:04:49 +00:00
Commented Apr 12, 2015 at 11:04 — Kamran
– Kamran, Commented Apr 12, 2015 at 11:04
yeah it worked, thanks, post this as a answer plz

chathura
– chathura

2015-04-12 11:07:01 +00:00
Commented Apr 12, 2015 at 11:07 — chathura
– chathura, Commented Apr 12, 2015 at 11:07

Kamran · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-12 11:08:10Z

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Use stripslashes($_POST['jsonplaces']) to remove additional slashes.

answered Apr 12, 2015 at 11:08

Kamran

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Nikos M. · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-12 11:08:02Z

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Probably Postman uses the addslashes method to escape the (JSON) string before inputing it in the DB, as mentioned in comment, you should use the inverse function stripslashes to un-escape the string before doing the json_decode function

answered Apr 12, 2015 at 11:08

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