JSON response not objects from php

Question

I'm using a php proxy to bypass cross domain ajax issues

My php:

return array(
        'status' => 'ok',
        'header' => $header,
        'content' => $content
    );

So now my $response['content'] holds my content, but i also want my headers.

If i:

echo $response['content'];

Then i get my response like:

Which is what i need! but i also want to have the $response[header] in the echo. But if i:

echo $response;

I get:

How can I get both in a json response so i can then use it in my javascript code? And why is it just returning plaintext 'Array'

If i use json_encode its not formatted properly like in my first example.

Its lost all its formatting..?

Answer 1

You have to parse the respond data $content with json_decode()

$data = array(
    'status' => 'ok',
    'header' => $header,
    'content' => json_decode($content)
);

header('Content-type: application/json');
echo json_encode($data);

Alternatively you can return JSON directly, without parsing

header('Content-type: application/json');
echo '{"status":"ok", "header":"' . $header . '", "content":"' . $content . '"}';