RE: [PHP-DEV] JSON inclusion in core
| From: | Douglas Crockford | Date: | Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:24:38 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-DEV] JSON inclusion in core | ||
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> >JavaScript does have a concept of an object in its prototype chain.
> >However, it is not captured in JSON, so the part about JSON's object
> >being just an associative array is correct.
> >
> >It makes sense to me that JSON->PHP would produce an associate array.
> >Independent of that, it might be convenient to have a tool that maps
> >associative arrays into objects, but that is not a JSON operation.
> I'm not sure that js->PHP is that critical (in terms of
> getting clever
> with objects etc), doing standard HTTP GET/POST requests with
> urlencoded
> values into $_GET/$_POST, 99% of the time is far more
> efficient way of
> sending data to the server, and alot easier to debug.. You can also
> implement the filter code on that data....
>
> JSON in general looks far better suited to the PHP->js layer..
That is true at the moment. I am expecting that to change. In any case,
it makes sense that you can go in either direction.