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Mikkel Rasmussen
31,772 PointsCheck this if json_decode returns null
If json_decode returns null is it because the database.json is not valid.
You can fix this by open the database.json file and search for "Washington University: Seattle, WA" and remove the comma at the end.
Alena Holligan
Treehouse TeacherYes, "NULL is returned if the json cannot be decoded or if the encoded data is deeper than the recursion limit."
http://php.net/manual/en/function.json-decode.php
I believe I had fixed the database.json file extra comma. When and from which video did you first launch your workspace?
Mikkel Rasmussen
31,772 PointsI downloaded the project files from the first video and re downloaded them again in this video to see if there was any difference but I got the same error.
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Alena Holligan
Treehouse TeacherI hadn't updated the downloads yet. Those are now updated so no one should be getting that error anymore.
However, just for reference, "NULL is returned if the json cannot be decoded or if the encoded data is deeper than the recursion limit."
Simon Coates
28,694 PointsSimon Coates
28,694 PointsI ran it through a validator and got the same result. If this is a bug you should probably report it to Alena Holligan .