JSON object via jQuery post to php

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I know, there are plenty of questions out there, but none of them worked for me. I build an array with normal javascript objects in javascript and sent it via `jquery.post` to the server. However on the server, I can't access the data using `php $obj->value` . I tried `json_decode/encode` and so on. This is what `console.log(data)` gives me, before sending it to the server. Than on the php part I only do this: ``` $data= $_POST['data']; print_r($data); ``` The output of print_r is: And thats how my Jquery post looks like: ``` $.post("programm_eintragen.php",{ data: data, }).success( function(data){ //success }).error( function(){ console.log("Error post ajax " ); },'json'); ``` Could somebody tell me: how I can access my object properties on the php site properly? I also get `tried to access non object ....` or php interprets the json object as a string an `data[0]` returns me `[`. I thought, I could do it like this: ``` $data[0]->uebungen[0] ``` Am I just being silly and missing some…

Accepted Answer

In JavaScript, your're not actually sending a JSON encoded string, your are just sending form data. To actually send a JSON string, you need to convert it (the object) to a string.

```
$.post("programm_eintragen.php",{
  data: JSON.stringify(data),
});
```

On the receiving side (php script) you will have a JSON string. You can decode it.

```
$data = json_decode($_POST['data'], true);

var_dump($data[0]['uebungen'][0]);
```

However, these steps are not necessary. All the json_encoding can be avoided by just accessing the array directly. For this example, ignore the above javascript, and don't change anything in your code.

```
$data = $_POST['data'];
var_dump($data[0]['uebungen'][0]);
```

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JSON object via jQuery post to php

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