Question

How do I parse this? I’m working with WordPress and jQuery.

{
    "MyCustomOutput": [
        {
            "id": "2",
            "name": "This is the name of the custom output",
            "version": "1.00",
            "description": "This is the Description",
            "changelog": "This is the change log history....",
            "updated": "1261274072"
        }
    ]
}

I tried something like:

var d = JSON.parse(data);       
$("#version").html(data);
        $("#version").html(d.MyCustomOutput.version);

But I have no idea what I’m doing with jQuery or JavaScript

Answer 1

To access data members:

d.MyCustomOutput[0].version

Also, it is helpful to use the FireBug firefox extension to debug your scripts. Just set a breakpoint to step through your code. You will have a “live” view of these data structures and can even add watches to test short code snippets to see if you are doing things correctly.