remove quote on echo json_encode();

Question

 $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM $tableName WHERE id=1");               
 $array = mysql_fetch_array($result); 
 $help_name = $array['name'];
 $req =   $array['req'];
 //fetch result    

 echo json_encode($help_name);

Problem is I'm getting the result with double quotes, how to remove the double quotes

Solution 1

Try trim in php

<?php 
$name = "Aman";
$str = json_encode($name);
echo trim($str, '"');  // output : Aman
?>

Solution 2

$help_name = preg_replace('/"([^"]+)"\s*:\s*/', '$1:', $help_name);

Comments

[Abdul Rafay]

use htmlspecialchars($str, ENT_QUOTES) PHP.net - Function htmlspecialchars

[jeroen]

That's the only way that your string will be valid json. If you don't want quotes, don't encode it to json.

[Mani7TAM]

Please refer [stackoverflow.com/questions/13938645/… [stackoverflow.com/questions/8837659/…

[Masivuye Cokile]

Possible duplicate of Remove double quote in json_encode()

[ToolmakerSteve]

@MasivuyeCokile - IMHO, this is not a duplicate. The linked question is more complex. It involves removing double-quotes from certain items within json_encoded data. This question is much simpler: it is simply the quotes around the whole string, when passing to echo.