Question

I have a json_encoded array which is fine.

I need to strip the double-quotes on all of the keys of the json string on returning it from a function call.

How would I go about doing this and returning it successfully?

Thanks!

I do apologise, here is a snippet of the json code:

{"start_date":"2011-01-01 09:00","end_date":"2011-01-01 10:00","text":"test"}

Just to add a little more info:

I will be retrieving the JSON via an AJAX request, so if it would be easier, I am open to ideas in how to do this on the javascript side.

Answer 1

EDITED as per anubhava’s comment

$str = '{"start_date":"2011-01-01 09:00","end_date":"2011-01-01 10:00","text":"test"}';
$str = preg_replace('/"([^"]+)"\s*:\s*/', '$1:', $str);
echo $str;

This certainly works for the above string, although there maybe some edge cases that I haven’t thought of for which this will not work. Whether this will suit your purposes depends on how static the format of the string and the elements/values it contains will be.