can't add data to jqGrid from php within json format

Question

Hello StackOverFlow nation . I\'m trying to add information to jqGrid , which is retrieved from MySQL database. I\'ve two files => index.html and data.php (both in the same dire

Answer 1

Your response format is wrong. You can go to jqGrid Demos page where you will find a sample for PHP/MySQL after expanding Loading Data and then choosing JSON Data.

The proper format of data should look like this:

{
    "total": "1",
    "page": "1",
    "records": "2",
    "rows": [
        { "name": "Robert", "surname": "De Niro", "b_year": "1943", "film": "Once Upon A Time In America" },
        { "name": "Al", "surname": "Pacino", "b_year":"1971", "film": "Scent Of A Woman"}
    ]
}

Where:

• total --> total count of pages
• page --> current page number
• records --> total count of records
• rows --> the rows of data

Also if you want rows to be objects, you need to disable repeatitems in jqGrid jsonReader options:

$("#jqGrid_tb").jqGrid({
    ...
    jsonReader: { repeatitems: false }
});

It is also adviced for rows to have unique id for later reference.