Question

I am getting “Error #1132: Invalid JSON parse input” and cannot understand why.

My json is generated by php: json_encode($x).
Output json if displayed in TextArea(flex) shows this:

{
   "title":"The Incredibles",
   "year":"2004",
   "type":"movie",
   "id":"9806",
   "imdb_id":"tt0317705",
   "rating":8.6,
   "tagline":"No gut, no glory",
   "overview":"Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it\\'s time to get back into costume.",
   "runtime":115,
   "budget":92000000,
   "image":"http:\/\/cf2.imgobject.com\/t\/p\/w185\/jjAgMfj0TAPvdC8E5AqDm2BBeYz.jpg",
   "trailer":"rMfrFG_69zM"
}

I validated with several validators and all of them say it’s valid json.

On the flex side I am trying to access json with this code:

JSON.parse(event.result.toString());

but get the error. Has anyone had this problem?

Edit 1:

It seems that the overview line is where the issue is but I dont understand why exactly since I used php json_encode which should escape things correctly…

Answer 1

The escape sequence of \\' appears to terminate the JSON.

it\\'s should be it\'s if you want “it’s”.

Since this JSON uses " for strings, it could just be: it's.

JSON:

{
   "title":"The Incredibles",
   "year":"2004",
   "type":"movie",
   "id":"9806",
   "imdb_id":"tt0317705",
   "rating":8.6,
   "tagline":"No gut, no glory",
   "overview":"Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it\'s time to get back into costume.",
   "runtime":115,
   "budget":92000000,
   "image":"http:\/\/cf2.imgobject.com\/t\/p\/w185\/jjAgMfj0TAPvdC8E5AqDm2BBeYz.jpg",
   "trailer":"rMfrFG_69zM"
}