Backbone and Laravel: How to convert a JSON object

Question

From my Backbone application, Laravel is receiving the results from a POST request like this:

$input = Input::json();

This returns a JSON object, not a string. I thought I could just use json_decode to get to its properties, but json_decode expects a string. So how can I convert my JSON object into something where PHP can work with its properties?

I tried getting Input::all() from the application, but that returns an empty array.

I've tried search Google and couldn't find anything on how to do this. Thanks.

Answer 1

json_decode($string) must receive a json string as a parameter. By default it will return an instance of StdClass (object) with all propetires (unless you dont set second parameter = true) on success and null on failure.

Also such values as null , false , true can be returned as they are.

json_encode($anyData) can receive in fact any data and will return a JSON string.

Answer 2

You can use Request::getContent() to get the requested data. With it, you can pass it to json_decode() as you like.