Re: Stripping a JSON of extra characters in PHP

In article <[email protected]>,
Arno Welzel  <[email protected]> wrote:
>The Doctor, 2023-02-07 17:10:
>
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> Arno Welzel  <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>[...]
>
>>> Hopefully you understand the idea now - if you don't want an ARRAY in
>>> the JSON then do not create one! If the specification asks for an OBJECT
>>> then use an OBJECT based on a class with named members.
>>>
>> 
>> But The information is being pulled from a pre-filled hence you need,
>> Something like
>
>So what? You can also create objects based on "pre-filled" data.
>
>> //$items=array(
>> if (isset($_POST["submit"])){
>> 
>> foreach ($_POST['quantity'] as $key => $value) {
>>   if( $value > 0){
>>       if(isset($_POST['with_gst'][$key])){
>> 	    $unit_cost = 63.00;
>> 	}else{
>>       $unit_cost = 60.00; //no gst included
>>   }
>> $newsubtotal = ($unit_cost * $value);
>> $quantity = ($value);
>
>> $itemssubarray[]= array(
>
>CREATE AN OBJECT HERE!
>
>First define a class for this above all the code:
>
>class CartItem
>{
>  public $url;
>  public $description;
>  public $product_code;
>  public $unit_cost;
>  public $quantity;
>}
>
>And then use THIS(!) to create the OBJECT(!) for it:
>
>$item = new Item();
>$item->url = "https://www.pdsolutions.ca/images/newwhiteheader.png";
>$item->description = $_POST['description'][$key];
>$item->product_code = $_POST['id'][$key];
>$item->unit_cost = $unit_cost;
>$item->quantity = $quantity;
>$itemssubarray[] = $item;
>
>[...]
>>   $cartarray[] = array(
>>   "cart"=>array( $items
>>   ),
>
>NO! Create an OBJECT!
>
>>  'subtotal' => $subtotal,
>>   "tax"=>array(
>>   'amount' => ($subtotal * 0.05),
>>   'description' => "GST",
>> 'rate' => "5.00",
>> ),
>> );
>
>
>Sorry - but if you are really not able to understand what I write, you
>should pay someone to do the job for you.


The problem is the way the supplier wants to oush the information.

>
>-- 
>Arno Welzel
>https://arnowelzel.de
>


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