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JavaScript

Posted by Joe Bruno
Joe Bruno
35,909 Points

Access Key-Value pairs of JS Object returned via Ajax from PHP Function

Hello Everyone,

I have a PHP function being called via Ajax and successfully returning data. The responseText is the following (as printed out by console.log() ):

   "Array
 (
 [0] => Array
    (
        [key] => test_4Kteld
        [name] => Company1
    )

  [1] => Array
    (
        [key] => test_eb53yLF
        [name] => Company2
    )

)"

How can I access each of the "key" and "name" value pairs with Javascript?

I have tried many variations of 

  var key = text[0].key;

and consulted stackoverflow and beyond, but I am having trouble getting this to work. Help?

Thanks,

3 Answers

Agapito Cruz
Agapito Cruz
21,486 Points
Agapito Cruz
Agapito Cruz
21,486 Points

Hello Joe,

Have you tried converting the responseText into an array using

someArray = JSON.parse(responseText); and then accessing it through the array like so:

someArray[0]["key"] ?

Let me know if this helps.

-Agapito

Joe Bruno
Joe Bruno
35,909 Points
Joe Bruno
Joe Bruno
35,909 Points

Hello Agapito,

I did actually, and all it keeps returning is an unexpected token error "A" referring to the "Array" keyword that begins the JSON response. How do I get past this?

Agapito Cruz
Agapito Cruz
21,486 Points
Agapito Cruz
Agapito Cruz
21,486 Points

Hi Joe,

Try having your PHP format the responseText like https://www.JSON.com suggests:

{ "myArray": [ "a", "b", "c", "d" ] }

and see if that helps.