Question

I cannot figure out json for whatever reason, i don’t understand why i cannot get this to work.

my json is returning:

{"lists":[{"item":"1","count":"5"}]}
{"lists":[{"item":"1","count":"5"}]}
{"lists":[{"item":"1","count":"5"}]}
{"lists":[{"item":"1","count":"5"}]}
{"lists":[{"item":"1","count":"5"}]}

etc, etc, etc

now i am trying to retrieve it by using:

$.getJSON("lists.php",
  {id: aid},function(data){
  $.each(data.lists, function(i, info) {
      $('.container').append(info.item+info.count);
  });
});

but i don’t get any data here. can anyone point me in the right direction?

});

Answer 1

It looks like you’re used to how URL parameters are encoded. JSON works differently.

If you want your object to contain a key lists which contains an array, you should return JSON like this:

{
  "lists": [
    {"item":"1","count":"5"},
    {"item":"1","count":"5"},
    {"item":"1","count":"5"},
    {"item":"1","count":"5"},
    {"item":"1","count":"5"}
  ]
}