javascript - Array of objects turns into Array of strings after an AXIOS call to PHP

Question

I'm using Axios to send a POST data to PHP. Within the call, I'm also sending a param which is a string that is converted into an array of objects using JOSN.parse():

params: {        
    'myParam': JSON.parse(string)
}

Everything works fine at this point. The string is properly converted into an array of objects.

When the param is being sent though, on the PHP side the array is still an array, but the objects have become strings.

Does someone have any clue about why?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65545468/array-of-objects-turns-into-array-of-strings-after-an-axios-call-to-php

Answer 1

I figured that the right approach is the following:

Before the AXIOS call, apply JSON.stringify() to the array of objects.

'myParam': JSON.stringify(arrayOfObjects) // this will be the param sent from Axios

Then on the PHP side, when you intercept the POST, use json_decode() to turn the string into the original array of object.

json_decode($request->all()['myParam']

Clean and effective.