How can I put double quotes inside a string within an ajax JSON response from php?

Question

I receive a JSON response in an Ajax request from the server. This way it works:

{ \"a\" : \"1\", \"b\" : \"hello \'kitty\'\" }

But I did not succeed in put

Answer 1

A little off-topic, you could use JavaScript/NodeJS on your server and use ES6 template literals (the backticks `` used around "Christian"), but 7 years later you probably already use NodeJS :)

var myJSON = {
    "name": {
        "first": `"Christian"`,
        "last": "Broberg"
    },
    "age": 49,
    "skills": [ "JavaScript", "React", "NodeJS" ],
    "married": false,
    "superpowers": null
}

Answer 2

use just json_encode (any PHP element ), it will automatically parses.

Answer 3

Just escape it with a backslash:

> JSON.stringify({"a": 5, "b": 'a "kitty" mighty odd'})
{"a":5,"b":"a \"kitty\" mighty odd"}
> JSON.parse('{"a":5,"b":"a \\"kitty\\" mighty odd"}')
Object
  a: 5
  b: a "kitty" mighty odd
  __proto__: Object

JSON parsers recognize \" inside double-quoted strings as a double quote. Note that in the second example, the double-backslash is needed because there's a Javascript parser pass, then another JSON parser pass.