PHP json_encode and javascript functions

Question

I need to encode a javascript function into a JSON object in PHP.

This:

$function = \"function(){}\";
$message = \"Hello\";

$json = array(   
               


        

Answer 1

As Jani said, this is not possible directly with JSON, but this might help you: http://web.archive.org/web/20080828165256/http://solutoire.com/2008/06/12/sending-javascript-functions-over-json/

Answer 2

You can try this:

var json_string = '{"message":"Hello","myfunc":"function(){ alert(this.message) }"}';
var json_string = JSON.parse(json_string, function(k,v){
    if(typeof v == 'string' && /function\(\)\{/.test(v)){
        return eval(k+' = '+v); 
    }else{
        return v
    }
});

Answer 3

This function can also help:

function jsonify($var){
return str_ireplace(array("'function",'"function',"}'",'}"'),array("function",'function',"}",'}'),json_encode($var));
}

Taken from here: http://network.convergenceservices.in/forum/105-uknowva-development/4710-introducing-convhelperjsonify-in-uknowva-251.html#4710