How to convert PHP array to Javascript array?

Question

Array
(
    [0] => giri
)
Array
(
    [0] => ramya
)
Array
(
    [0] => sangeetha
)
Array
(
    [0] => hemalatha
)
Array
(
    [0] => umar
)

How to convert this PHP array into a Javascript array like below?

var availableTags = [
    "ActionScript",
    "AppleScript",
    "Asp",
    "BASIC",
    "C",
    "C++",
    "Clojure",
    "COBOL",
    "ColdFusion",
    "Erlang",
    "Fortran",
    "Groovy",
    "Haskell",
    "Java",
    "JavaScript",
    "Lisp",
    "Perl",
    "PHP",
    "Python",
    "Ruby",
    "Scala",
    "Scheme"
];

With `json_encode`. And try to spend at least 30 seconds formatting your question next time please.. — N.B., Feb 24 '12 at 08:58
possible duplicate of [PHP to Javascript Array (Kind of)](http://stackoverflow.com/q/1968977/), [Php pass array to Javascript](http://stackoverflow.com/q/4287654/), [php array to javascript](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9150382/), and likely many others. In addition to formatting, it's good to spend a little time searching, which cuts down on [noise](http://catb.org/jargon/html/S/signal-to-noise-ratio.html). — outis, Feb 24 '12 at 09:44

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 24 '12 at 09:16

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simple use the json_encode() function.

<?php 
$array = array('element' => 'value', 'element2' => 'value2');
print json_encode($array);
?>

answered Feb 24 '12 at 09:16

mooncitizen

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 24 '12 at 09:15

0

Use json_encode() function to convert PHP data structures to JavaScript arrays/objects.

answered Feb 24 '12 at 09:15

N.B.

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How to convert PHP array to Javascript array?

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