Question

I have a bunch of values and a PHP array and I need to convert it to a JSON value for posting via CURL to parse.com

The problem is that PHP arrays are converted to JSON objects (string as key and value, vs string as just value)

I end up with

{"showtime":{"Parkne":"1348109940"}}

Rather then

{"showtime":{Parkne:"1348109940"}}

And parse complains that this is a object not an array and therefore won’t accept it.

As

{"showtime":{"Parkne":"1348109940"}}

is a JSON object (key = a string)

Is there anyway to do this using json_encode? Or some solution?

Answer 1

Blind shot… I have the impression that your PHP data structure is not the one you want to begin with. You probably have this:

$data = array(
    'showtime' => array(
        'Parkne' => '1348109940'
    )
);

… and actually need this:

$data = array(
    array(
        'showtime' => array(
            'Parkne' => '1348109940'
        )
    )
);

Feel free to edit the question and provide a sample of the expected output.