Question

I have some Json like data got crawling a URL

[[["oppl.lr",[,,,,,,,,,,,[[[[[,"A Google User"]
,,,,1]
,3000,,,"Double tree was ok, it wasnt super fancy or anything. Its good for families and  just relaxing by the pool. Service was good, and rooms were kept neat.","a year ago",["http://www.ma..",,1],,"","",""]
]
,["Rooms","Service","Location","Value"]
,[]

Which is impossible to parse using php json_decode() function. Is there any library or something which will allow me to convert this to a regular json so that my task will be easier ? Otherwise I know I have to write regular expression.

Thanks in advanced.

Answer 1

Based on your comment. Incase your data is

[["oppl.lr",[,,,,,,,,,,,[[,"A Google User"],"",""],""]]]

If you can somehow send the data to client side. Then it is a valid javascript array. Either you can process the data @client side or use

JSON.stringify([["oppl.lr",[,,,,,,,,,,,[[,"A Google User"],"",""],""]]]);

and send the data back to server as

"[["oppl.lr",[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[[null,"A Google User"],"",""],""]]]"

Else via php you can use this function

function getValidArray($input) {
   $input = str_replace(",,", ',"",', $input);
   $input = str_replace(",,", ',"",', $input);
   $input = str_replace("[,", '["",', $input);
   return eval("return $input;");
}

You can optimize the above function as per the need.