JSON.stringify() fails to work
arrays, javascript, json, stringify
Solution
You're initializing your "item" as an array. You should be initializing it as a plain object (`{}`):
var item = {};
When the JSON serializer sees an actual array, it only operates on the numerically-indexed properties.
Problem
When trying to use a `JSON.stringify()` method to turn an array of strings into a JSON object that I can pass through to a PHP script, the `stringify()` method fails to return anything of significance. This is the only code that the input is being passed through. It is not being tampered with by anything else. ``` function submitItem() { try { var item = []; item.name = $('.itemText').val(); item.type = $('.itemType').val(); item.price = $('.itemPrice').val(); item.color = $('.itemColor').val(); item.desc = $('.itemDesc').val(); item.image = $('.itemImage').val(); item.giftType = $('.itemGiftType').val(); item.avail = $('.itemAvail').val(); item.giftable = $('.itemGiftable').val(); item.ranking = $('.itemRanking').val(); item.basicTrack = $('.itemBasic').val(); item.vetTrack = $('.itemVet').val(); item.month = $('.itemMonth').is(':checked'); item.hidden = $('.itemHidden').is(':checked'); item.id = $('.itemID').val(); //Left in for confirmation purposes var join = []; join[0] = 'test'; join[1] = 'tset'; console.log( JSON.stringify( join ) ); console.log(item); var JsonItem = JSON.stringify(item); console.log( JsonItem ); } catch (err) { console.log(err.message); } } ``` This produces the following output in the console: As you can see, the log for both JSON items returns as `[]` rather than any JSON string of any sort. Any potential reason that this would occur would be appreciated. Thanks.