JSON decoding: Mixed types - not valid syntax error

Question

This is my example of JSON

            {"tasks" : [
            {
            "id" : "27604_11",
            "quality" : "A4",
            "position" : "183567",
            "profile" : "https:\/\/example.com\/gallery\/profiles\/8764_2.jpg",
            "type" : "image",
            "valid" : "24 days",
            "member" : {
                "carrier" : null,
                "zone" : null,
                "offd" : null },
            "taketime" : "4minutes",
            "listeners" : {
                "count" : 0 },
            "message" : "stay prepared",
            "level" : "High"
            },
            {
            "id" : "27604_12",
            "quality" : "B3",
            "position" : "183569",
            "profile" : "https:\/\/example.com\/gallery\/profiles\/8232_1.jpg",
            "type" : "image",
            "valid" : "11 days",
            "member" : {
                "carrier" : null,
                "zone" : null,
                "offd" : null },
            "taketime" : "7minutes",
            "listeners" : {
                "count" : 2 },
            "message" : "ready",
            "level" : "High"
            },
            {
            "id" : "73754_35",
            "quality" : "A3",
            "position" : "13542",
            "profile" : "https:\/\/example.com\/gallery\/profiles\/1235_5.jpg",
            "type" : "image",
            "valid" : "5 days",
            "member" : {
                "carrier" : null,
                "zone" : null,
                "offd" : null },
            "taketime" : "22minutes",
            "listeners" : {
                "count" : 0 },
            "message" : "Good",
            "level" : "Normale" }
        ],
        "start_poz" : "36774263743"
        }
        {"tasks" : [
            {
            "id" : "27604_11",
            "quality" : "A4",
            "position" : "183567",
            "profile" : "https:\/\/example.com\/gallery\/profiles\/8764_2.jpg",
            "type" : "image",
            "valid" : "24 days",
            "member" : {
                "carrier" : null,
                "zone" : null,
                "offd" : null },
            "taketime" : "4minutes",
            "listeners" : {
                "count" : 0 },
            "message" : "stay prepared",
            "level" : "High"
            },
            {
            "id" : "27604_12",
            "quality" : "B3",
            "position" : "183569",
            "profile" : "https:\/\/example.com\/gallery\/profiles\/8232_1.jpg",
            "type" : "image",
            "valid" : "11 days",
            "member" : {
                "carrier" : null,
                "zone" : null,
                "offd" : null },
            "taketime" : "7minutes",
            "listeners" : {
                "count" : 2 },
            "message" : "ready",
            "level" : "High"
            },
            {
            "id" : "73754_35",
            "quality" : "A3",
            "position" : "13542",
            "profile" : "https:\/\/example.com\/gallery\/profiles\/1235_5.jpg",
            "type" : "image",
            "valid" : "5 days",
            "member" : {
                "carrier" : null,
                "zone" : null,
                "offd" : null },
            "taketime" : "22minutes",
            "listeners" : {
                "count" : 0 },
            "message" : "Good",
            "level" : "Normale" }
        ],
        "start_poz" : "36774263743"
        }
        {"tasks" : [
            {
            "id" : "27604_11",
            "quality" : "A4",
            "position" : "183567",
            "profile" : "https:\/\/example.com\/gallery\/profiles\/8764_2.jpg",
            "type" : "image",
            "valid" : "24 days",
            "member" : {
                "carrier" : null,
                "zone" : null,
                "offd" : null },
            "taketime" : "4minutes",
            "listeners" : {
                "count" : 0 },
            "message" : "stay prepared",
            "level" : "High"
            },
            {
            "id" : "27604_12",
            "quality" : "B3",
            "position" : "183569",
            "profile" : "https:\/\/example.com\/gallery\/profiles\/8232_1.jpg",
            "type" : "image",
            "valid" : "11 days",
            "member" : {
                "carrier" : null,
                "zone" : null,
                "offd" : null },
            "taketime" : "7minutes",
            "listeners" : {
                "count" : 2 },
            "message" : "ready",
            "level" : "High"
            },
            {
            "id" : "73754_35",
            "quality" : "A3",
            "position" : "13542",
            "profile" : "https:\/\/example.com\/gallery\/profiles\/1235_5.jpg",
            "type" : "image",
            "valid" : "5 days",
            "member" : {
                "carrier" : null,
                "zone" : null,
                "offd" : null },
            "taketime" : "22minutes",
            "listeners" : {
                "count" : 0 },
            "message" : "Good",
            "level" : "Normale" }
        ],
        "start_poz" : "36774263743"
        }

And this is php:

<?php
$file = file_get_contents("in.txt");
$json = json_decode($file, true);

/** Skipping json_last_error() code.. The error is this: JSON_ERROR_SYNTAX **/

$tasks = $json["tasks"];
foreach ($tasks as $key => $value)
{
    echo "<ul>";
    echo "<li>".$value['id']."</li>";
    echo "<li>".$value['quality']."</li>";
    echo "<li>".$value['position']."</li>";
    echo "<li>".$value['profile']."</li>";
    echo "<li>".$value['type']."</li>";
    echo "<li>".$value['valid']."</li>";
    echo "<li>".$value['member']['carrier']."</li>";
    echo "<li>".$value['member']['zone']."</li>";
    echo "<li>".$value['member']['offd']."</li>";
    echo "<li>".$value['taketime']."</li>";
    echo "<li>".$value['listeners']['count']."</li>";
    echo "<li>".$value['taketime']."</li>";
    echo "<li>".$value['message']."</li>";
    echo "<li>".$value['level']."</li>";
    echo "</ul>";
        }
    ?>

Actually, the error doesn't let to perform the code with JSON. But if you use only 1 part of JSON, like this:

{"tasks" : [
            {
            "id" : "27604_11",
            "quality" : "A4",
            "position" : "183567",
            "profile" : "https:\/\/example.com\/gallery\/profiles\/8764_2.jpg",
            "type" : "image",
            "valid" : "24 days",
            "member" : {
                "carrier" : null,
                "zone" : null,
                "offd" : null },
            "taketime" : "4minutes",
            "listeners" : {
                "count" : 0 },
            "message" : "stay prepared",
            "level" : "High"
            },
            {
            "id" : "27604_12",
            "quality" : "B3",
            "position" : "183569",
            "profile" : "https:\/\/example.com\/gallery\/profiles\/8232_1.jpg",
            "type" : "image",
            "valid" : "11 days",
            "member" : {
                "carrier" : null,
                "zone" : null,
                "offd" : null },
            "taketime" : "7minutes",
            "listeners" : {
                "count" : 2 },
            "message" : "ready",
            "level" : "High"
            },
            {
            "id" : "73754_35",
            "quality" : "A3",
            "position" : "13542",
            "profile" : "https:\/\/example.com\/gallery\/profiles\/1235_5.jpg",
            "type" : "image",
            "valid" : "5 days",
            "member" : {
                "carrier" : null,
                "zone" : null,
                "offd" : null },
            "taketime" : "22minutes",
            "listeners" : {
                "count" : 0 },
            "message" : "Good",
            "level" : "Normale" }
        ],
        "start_poz" : "36774263743"
        }

then it WORKS!

Could you, please, guide me where is my fault with syntax.. and.. maybe you can also help me understand how to get start_poz value with every loop of getting values from tasks Array ?

Thank you very much and Happy New Year! ;)

Yeah, but.. sorry, what does it mean: Expecting 'EOF', '}', ',', ']', got '{' as it said there. I'm kinda newbie ))) — Oria
– Oria, Commented Jan 1, 2016 at 1:37
If you paste your json into the form on that page, it will show you your error. — John Hascall
– John Hascall, Commented Jan 1, 2016 at 1:39
You're sending two independent objects in a row, like {"foo":"bar"} {"foo":"bar"}. They would need to be in an array instead. [{"foo":"bar"}, {"foo":"bar"}] — user1106925
– user1106925, Commented Jan 1, 2016 at 1:40
I see, but I can't understand why it is wrong and how can I fix that. In my JSON example I got this structure: {"tasks":[{ array }],"start_poz":"(integer_value)"}, {"tasks":[{ array }],"start_poz":"(integer_value)"}, {"tasks":[{ array }],"start_poz":"(integer_value)"} I can't find any manual that could help me to understand what's wrong with this syntax. Can anyone explain, please? Aha, thanks squint! It looks like I'm starting to understand that. Need to practice more ))) Actually I checked code with validator before, but I didn't understand my problem. Thanks you! — Oria
– Oria, Commented Jan 1, 2016 at 1:44

Jim Garrison · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-01 01:44:24Z

3

You have THREE separate JSON objects in your input file at the top level. You need to wrap the entire input as an array [ ... ] or parse each one individually.

answered Jan 1, 2016 at 1:44

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Oria Over a year ago

That's perfect answer! I manually managed to merge 3 JSON responses in 1 file and couldn't figure out what's the problem. Now I clearly know what caused that. Thanks for helping with basics!

Binvention Over a year ago

Just for reference there is a problem with security in json files described at this site haacked.com/archive/2008/11/20/… so it might be better to use an object to combine them rather then an array

John Hascall · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-01 01:39:54Z

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jsonlint.com says:

Error: Parse error on line 58:
...z": "36774263743"} { "tasks": [{     "id
----------------------^
Expecting 'EOF', '}', ',', ']', got '{'

So when it got to that '{' it was in a state where only

the END OF THE FILE,
a close-curly brace,
a comma,
or a close-bracket

would be valid.

answered Jan 1, 2016 at 1:39

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gantoine · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-01 02:06:10Z

Jim got it right, here is the corrected JSON

{
  "tasklist": [{
    "tasks": [{
      "id": "27604_11",
      "quality": "A4",
      "position": "183567",
      "profile": "https:\/\/example.com\/gallery\/profiles\/8764_2.jpg",
      "type": "image",
      "valid": "24 days",
      "member": {
        "carrier": null,
        "zone": null,
        "offd": null
      },
      "taketime": "4minutes",
      "listeners": {
        "count": 0
      },
      "message": "stay prepared",
      "level": "High"
    }, {
      "id": "27604_12",
      "quality": "B3",
      "position": "183569",
      "profile": "https:\/\/example.com\/gallery\/profiles\/8232_1.jpg",
      "type": "image",
      "valid": "11 days",
      "member": {
        "carrier": null,
        "zone": null,
        "offd": null
      },
      "taketime": "7minutes",
      "listeners": {
        "count": 2
      },
      "message": "ready",
      "level": "High"
    }, {
      "id": "73754_35",
      "quality": "A3",
      "position": "13542",
      "profile": "https:\/\/example.com\/gallery\/profiles\/1235_5.jpg",
      "type": "image",
      "valid": "5 days",
      "member": {
        "carrier": null,
        "zone": null,
        "offd": null
      },
      "taketime": "22minutes",
      "listeners": {
        "count": 0
      },
      "message": "Good",
      "level": "Normale"
    }],
    "start_poz": "36774263743"
  }, {
    "tasks": [{
      "id": "27604_11",
      "quality": "A4",
      "position": "183567",
      "profile": "https:\/\/example.com\/gallery\/profiles\/8764_2.jpg",
      "type": "image",
      "valid": "24 days",
      "member": {
        "carrier": null,
        "zone": null,
        "offd": null
      },
      "taketime": "4minutes",
      "listeners": {
        "count": 0
      },
      "message": "stay prepared",
      "level": "High"
    }, {
      "id": "27604_12",
      "quality": "B3",
      "position": "183569",
      "profile": "https:\/\/example.com\/gallery\/profiles\/8232_1.jpg",
      "type": "image",
      "valid": "11 days",
      "member": {
        "carrier": null,
        "zone": null,
        "offd": null
      },
      "taketime": "7minutes",
      "listeners": {
        "count": 2
      },
      "message": "ready",
      "level": "High"
    }, {
      "id": "73754_35",
      "quality": "A3",
      "position": "13542",
      "profile": "https:\/\/example.com\/gallery\/profiles\/1235_5.jpg",
      "type": "image",
      "valid": "5 days",
      "member": {
        "carrier": null,
        "zone": null,
        "offd": null
      },
      "taketime": "22minutes",
      "listeners": {
        "count": 0
      },
      "message": "Good",
      "level": "Normale"
    }],
    "start_poz": "36774263743"
  }, {
    "tasks": [{
      "id": "27604_11",
      "quality": "A4",
      "position": "183567",
      "profile": "https:\/\/example.com\/gallery\/profiles\/8764_2.jpg",
      "type": "image",
      "valid": "24 days",
      "member": {
        "carrier": null,
        "zone": null,
        "offd": null
      },
      "taketime": "4minutes",
      "listeners": {
        "count": 0
      },
      "message": "stay prepared",
      "level": "High"
    }, {
      "id": "27604_12",
      "quality": "B3",
      "position": "183569",
      "profile": "https:\/\/example.com\/gallery\/profiles\/8232_1.jpg",
      "type": "image",
      "valid": "11 days",
      "member": {
        "carrier": null,
        "zone": null,
        "offd": null
      },
      "taketime": "7minutes",
      "listeners": {
        "count": 2
      },
      "message": "ready",
      "level": "High"
    }, {
      "id": "73754_35",
      "quality": "A3",
      "position": "13542",
      "profile": "https:\/\/example.com\/gallery\/profiles\/1235_5.jpg",
      "type": "image",
      "valid": "5 days",
      "member": {
        "carrier": null,
        "zone": null,
        "offd": null
      },
      "taketime": "22minutes",
      "listeners": {
        "count": 0
      },
      "message": "Good",
      "level": "Normale"
    }],
    "start_poz": "36774263743"
  }]
}

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