JSON Array:

 var data= '[{"id":"1","text":"B.Sc"},{"id":"2","text":"M.Pharm"},{"id":"3","text":"M.Tech"},{"id":"4","text":"BBM"},{"id":"6","text":"MCA"},{"id":"10","text":"PGDMA"},{"id":"11","text":"Diploma"},{"id":"12","text":"Plus Two"},{"id":"14","text":"fdf"},{"id":"15","text":"dfdf"},{"id":"16","text":"alert("hi");"},{"id":"1235","text":"B.Tech"},{"id":"10001","text":"MBA"}]';
selectParams['data'] =  jQuery.parseJSON(data); // errors happens here

I tried in / and its throwing error as well.

The problem is with ("") double quotes within the JSON array.

I tried several options but nothing works. How can we parse JSON array with this structure like having double quotes and single quotes as values.

Any help is appreciated

JSON Array:

 var data= '[{"id":"1","text":"B.Sc"},{"id":"2","text":"M.Pharm"},{"id":"3","text":"M.Tech"},{"id":"4","text":"BBM"},{"id":"6","text":"MCA"},{"id":"10","text":"PGDMA"},{"id":"11","text":"Diploma"},{"id":"12","text":"Plus Two"},{"id":"14","text":"fdf"},{"id":"15","text":"dfdf"},{"id":"16","text":"alert("hi");"},{"id":"1235","text":"B.Tech"},{"id":"10001","text":"MBA"}]';
selectParams['data'] =  jQuery.parseJSON(data); // errors happens here

I tried in http://www.jsoneditoronline/ and its throwing error as well.

The problem is with ("") double quotes within the JSON array.

I tried several options but nothing works. How can we parse JSON array with this structure like having double quotes and single quotes as values.

Any help is appreciated

• javascript
• json

• Where did the JSON e from? All JSON libraries should do this right, don't try to create JSON by hand. – Barmar Commented Sep 1, 2014 at 11:03

2 Answers 2

Escape your inner double quotes:

alert(\"hi\")

When generating JSON string, escape all keys and values

val.replace('"', '\"'); //json_encode($fullArray); in PHP will escape automatically.

so that "alert("hi");" bees "alert(\"hi\")"