How to Decode JSON object in Laravel

Question

I want to decode gallery array JSON objects in Laravel 5.1. my JSON is:

{
  "title": "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
  "category_id": "1",
  "user_id": "1",
  "gallery": "[{name: \"XCB808tvXNpqXKqekA2HlkJ8H.jpg\",size:5112},{name: \"s6kA6B0e5m1sdSAjPXqNwtiy4.jpg\", size: 13135}]"
}

When I use this code, return me null:

public function store(Request $request)
    {
         $json = json_decode($request['gallery'],true);
         return $json;
    }
}

and this is dd($request['gallery']) result

[{'name': "XCB808tvXNpqXKqekA2HlkJ8H.jpg",'size':5112},{'name': "s6kA6B0e5m1sdSAjPXqNwtiy4.jpg", 'size': 13135}]

gallery in not a JSON object, but list of JSON objects, so first divide them - you can use explode() for that. — mitkosoft
– mitkosoft, Commented Mar 12, 2016 at 9:48
[{'name': "XCB808tvXNpqXKqekA2HlkJ8H.jpg",'size':5112},{'name': "s6kA6B0e5m1sdSAjPXqNwtiy4.jpg", 'size': 13135}] — Ehsan Ali
– Ehsan Ali, Commented Mar 12, 2016 at 10:07

Moppo · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-12 10:20:11Z

6

The decoding process is right. I think your problem is you could have a malformed JSON string.

Replace the single quotes around property names with double quotes:

[{"name": "XCB808tvXNpqXKqekA2HlkJ8H.jpg","size":5112},{"name": "s6kA6B0e5m1sdSAjPXqNwtiy4.jpg", "size": 13135}]

edited Mar 12, 2016 at 10:20

answered Mar 12, 2016 at 10:14

Moppo

19.4k5 gold badges68 silver badges66 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Comments

Tibin Paul · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-12 10:11:40Z

1

I am not pretty sure about your program flow but as you are injecting Request dependency to the store function, I assume the JSON object is a part of your request. In that case, you can try,

$input   = $request->json()->all();

Just print_r($input) and see what you are getting.

If JSON object is not a part of your request, you missed passing $json to your function. This is a wild guess, though!

edited Mar 12, 2016 at 10:11

answered Mar 12, 2016 at 9:59

Tibin Paul

8461 gold badge9 silver badges24 bronze badges

Comments

user3168237 · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-19 21:59:50Z

1

Just dropping by for having the same issue of trying to get the json formatted response (Laravel 8.8.0). The way I was able to get it working was using:

$jsonFormattedResult = json_decode ($response->content(), true);

Hope it helps someone out. ( '-')/

answered Oct 19, 2020 at 21:59

user3168237

Comments

Mohammad Gitipasand · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-12 11:00:24Z

0

you can use Response::json($value);

answered Mar 12, 2016 at 11:00

Mohammad Gitipasand

3503 silver badges10 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

How to Decode JSON object in Laravel

4 Answers 4

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

4 Answers 4

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related