note 86513 added to function.json-encode

A note about json_encode automatically quoting numbers: It appears that the json_encode function pays attention to the data type of the value. Let me explain what we came across: We have found that when retrieving data from our database, there are occasions when numbers appear as strings to json_encode which results in double quotes around the values. This can lead to problems within javascript functions expecting the values to be numeric. This was discovered when were were retrieving fields from the database which contained serialized arrays. After unserializing them and sending them through the json_encode function the numeric values in the original array were now being treated as strings and showing up with double quotes around them. The fix: Prior to encoding the array, send it to a function which checks for numeric types and casts accordingly. Encoding from then on worked as expected. ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.35 Probable Submitter: 70.98.73.30 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.json-encode.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/86513 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86513/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86513/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86513/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86513/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86513/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86513/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86513 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/86513 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php