How to convert a php string to jquery array?

Question

In php I push coordinates to an array in a loop:

        $lat = $location['lat'];
        $lng = $location['lng'];
        array_push($coordinates, $lat.",".$lng);

I then need those coords as a pair in jQuery.

  var coords = "<?php echo $coordinates; ?>";
  console.log(coords);

The above gives me:

40.836132854296686,8.404270310882566,40.7197406,8.563512299999957,41.36256133817761,2.131976960327165

But since I need them as a pair as I later do:

for (var a = 0; a < coords.length; ++a) {
    var pin = coords[a].split(',');
    var latLng = new google.maps.LatLng(pin[0], pin[1]);

I don't know who to convert that string in a pair array object. I thought of adding [] as a string when I push to array in php but it's very bad.

Basically I am looking for:

["55.695694737568054,37.5904788172536", "41.36256133817761,2.131976960327165", "40.836132854296686, 8.404270310882566", "40.7197406, 8.563512299999957"]

Thought of splitting every second comma in js as per this answer but I'm not sure is the correct way.

User863 · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-29 06:38:59Z

3

Use JSON

PHP

$lat = $location['lat'];
$lng = $location['lng'];
array_push($coordinates, [$lat, $lng]);

JS

var coordsJson = '<?php echo json_encode($coordinates); ?>';
var coords = JSON.parse(coordsJson)
console.log(coords);
// [[40.836132854296686,8.404270310882566],[40.7197406,8.563512299999957]]

for (var a = 0; a < coords.length; ++a) {
    var latLng = new google.maps.LatLng(
        parseFloat(coords[a][0]), 
        parseFloat(coords[a][1])
    );
}

edited Jul 29, 2019 at 6:38

answered Jul 29, 2019 at 6:24

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10 Comments

Bram Verstraten Over a year ago

Don't forget coords = JSON.parse(coords); if you want to do something with the array in Javascript.

rob.m Over a year ago

it is giving me

var coords = [["40.836132854296686","8.404270310882566"],["40.7197406","8.563512299999957"],["41.36256133817761","2.131976960327165"]];

rob.m Over a year ago

and gives me Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token , in JSON at position 18

User863 Over a year ago

@rob.m check this line array_push($coordinates, [$lat, $lng]);

rob.m Over a year ago

@User863 I'm not sure why it is wrong, I am using array_push($coordinates, [$lat, $lng]);

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