Question

Here is my JSON array:

msg={"userid":"82","0":"82","first":"A","1":"A","last":"B","2":"B","email":"[e-mail]","3":"[e-mail]","username":"n","4":"n","password":"o","5":"o","hash":"3242","6":"3242","active":"0","7":"0","date":"0","8":"0","holding":"","9":"","ip":"0","10":"0","attempts":"0","11":"0"}

now I am trying to get the different parts but nothing I try works. I have tried

msg.first //returns undefined
msg['first'] // returns undefined
msg[0] // returns that first bracket {

I am sure this can be easily solved, I just dont know what the issue is. This array is output by some php using json_encode(). If that code is relavent please let me know and I will put it up. Thanks.

Answer 1

If msg[0] returns the first bracket, your JSON is somehow being interpreted as a string. This can be easily fixed through jQuery’s parseJSON():

msg = $.parseJSON(msg);