The authoritative way to pass values from PHP to Javascript

Question

I guess I am looking for a best method of passing values: arrays, objects, JSON -- any data -- from PHP to javascript.

So far I've just seen:

   PHP - json_encode(value); 
   Javascript - eval()

and a variation of that by using json2.js or the alike.

yep... you pretty much got it... although I'd recommend the json2.js method. — jondavidjohn
– jondavidjohn, Commented Apr 26, 2011 at 20:30

jerone · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-26 20:35:42Z

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PHP has:

JavaScript (json2.js) has:

answered Apr 26, 2011 at 20:35

jerone

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jerone's got it. Don't use eval() in javascript for the data you are parsing, its a security problem: json.org/js.html