Question

So a PHP file returns a string ( to an ajax call ) like this :

$output = $sessID."###".$sessEmail."###".$sessFirstName."###".$sessLanguage."###".$sessRememberMe;

and in javascript i do :

    if (reply.indexOf("###") >= 0) {
    arrayReply = reply.split("###");
    user.ID = arrayReply[0];
    user.Email = arrayReply[1];
    user.FirstName = arrayReply[2];
    user.Language = arrayReply[3];
    user.RememberMe = arrayReply[4];
    }

a problem can arise when parts of reply contain the the delimiter i use “###”. What can I do in such a situation? Making the delimiter more complex/rare is not a solution in my opinion.

PS: I did try JSON but it’s WAY SLOWER server side.

FINAL EDIT:

server side JSON is slower, and the same for client side, however it’s not going to be a bottleneck ( 430ms for 100.000 calls ) and plus there is no need as Jules said below to re-invent the wheel. There was one more solution: bin2hex() in php [which reduced the time from 430ms to 240] and then get back the string in javascript with a hex2string function, however not worth the effort. JSON it is. Thank you all!

Answer 1

You can use json.

http://php.net/manual/en/function.json-encode.php

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