Question

I have the following JavaScript code:

alert(data.status);

data is a JSON object, one of its fields is status (a Boolean field).

When JSON.stringify(data) returns:

{"result":[{"income":"1000","expense":"2000"}],"errors":{},"status":true}

the code above does output true, but when JSON.stringify(data) returns:

{"result":null,"errors":{"user":"nonexistent user"},"status":false}

the code above breaks – i.e. it does not alert anything, and the rest of my JavaScript code is not executed as well.

Any idea why, and/or how to fix/bypass it?

Answer 1

Your error is elsewhere. Try this simple test in Firebug (or some other console):

var data = JSON.parse(
        '{"result":null,"errors":{"user":"nonexistent user"},"status":false}')
alert(data.status);

It works fine.