PHP string array to javascript string array parsing error

Question

I've tried

var name = <?php echo json_encode($eventname); ?>;

and

var name = new Array("<?php echo implode('","', $eventName);?>");

to parse my name string array from PHP to Javascript. It displayed as

var name = ["lalalala","Lalala","test"];

and

var name = new Array("lalalala","Lalala","test");

in viewsource, but when I tried to use name[i] to get the string, it returned the character, not the string. The size of the array name is also not 3, but 20 (which is the total number of characters plus three ","). How can I fix this?

possible duplicate of [Convert php array to Javascript](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5618925/convert-php-array-to-javascript) — Rikesh, May 03 '13 at 06:14

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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Pretty sure because 'name' points to window.name (Thanks Fabrício Matté). Look Here

It works fine if you change 'name' to 'names'.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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answered May 03 '13 at 06:13

Dave Chen

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It is not "reserved", but rather it points to `window.name`, an already existing property of the global object (`window`). – Fabrício Matté May 03 '13 at 06:15
My bad :) so you're saying this.name might work under a class? – Dave Chen May 03 '13 at 06:15
Exactly. `=]` Anywhere that is not in the global scope. Try on console `(function(){ var name=1; alert(name); }());`. – Fabrício Matté May 03 '13 at 06:16
Thank you so much! After changing it to names it works now! :) – abenoy05 May 03 '13 at 06:21

PHP string array to javascript string array parsing error

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