Unable to get response from server using json_encode

Question

I am using this code to send response to a request:

$data; //some array

$data has values like

array(4) (
  [nextAvail] => (bool) true
  [thisAvail] => (bool) true
  [count] => (int) 15
  [stream] => (string) [html body goes here] 
)

I am using:

echo json_encode($data);

but surprisingly response I received at browser like:

{"nextAvail":true,"thisAvail":true,"count":15,"stream":null}

I am using jquery post to make request:

$.post(ajaxPath, {
        data: data
   }, 
   function(data) {
   }, "json")

Please suggest what could possibly go wrong while sending response using json_encode, I tested sending response by removing json_encode and simply using

echo print_r($data);

it's sending response with no issues.

Sorry, so what's the problem? Is it that your stream is null but it's not supposed to be? — Will, Dec 28 '13 at 06:48
Json_encode will create an empty string if the incoming data contains non-UTF8 characters — Pekka, Dec 28 '13 at 06:48

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 28 '13 at 08:48

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As I was not expecting character encoding could be a possible problem for me, but indeed it was, using utf8_encode() for encoding html response solved the problem.

answered Dec 28 '13 at 08:48

Manish

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