Topic: JSON

[Mike]

I was telling a friend how much I hated doing XML processing in javascript to do AJAX and he tells me about JSON.  Much much much nicer format for this.  And PHP 5.2 even includes a function to take your object and return JSON code.

[Steve]

I'm suprised theres something i have used that you werent aware of lol. I found out for the first time just over a month ago from a friend of mine who does web development in Riverside.

[hans]

It's the new XML. Since you're just going to turn it into Javascript anyways, may as well just start there.

We do both where I work, but do mostly the JSON stuff with the web programming.

[Mike]

I'm suprised theres something i have used that you werent aware of lol. I found out for the first time just over a month ago from a friend of mine who does web development in Riverside.

AJAX is an area that I haven't spend much time using.  I understand it well enough to recongize when it is and isn't a good use.

It's the new XML. Since you're just going to turn it into Javascript anyways, may as well just start there.

Seriously!  I was able to dump a PHP array to JSON, load it up in JS, and run for each loops over the thing to get my data out.

I do need to sit down and look for a better way then using eval to make sure I don't get raped by some security problems.

[ober]

I guess I'm one of the few that doesn't or hasn't used XML with AJAX yet.  I just send straight data back and forth, no XML necessary.