How do I encode a PHP array to a JSON array, not object?

Question

I am trying to json_encode an array which is returned from a Zend_DB query.

var_dump gives: (Manually adding 0 member does not change the picture.)

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Answer 1

How are you setting up your initial array?

If you set it up like:

array(
 "1" => array(...),
 "2" => array(...),
);

then you don't have an array with numeric indexes but strings, and that's converted to an object in JS world. This can happen also if you don't set a strict order (i.e. starting at 0 instead of 1).

This is a shot in the dark, however, because I can't see your original code: try setting your array without using keys at all in the first place:

array(
 array(...),
 array(...),
);