How do I encode JSON in PHP via jQuery Ajax post data?

Question

I have an HTML form and send data to php file when hitting submit button.

$.ajax({
    url: \"text.php\",
    type: \"POST\",
    data: {
        amount: amount,         


        

Answer 1

You cannot directly insert a JSON object to a dom. JSON object toString() method will always give u [object object], that is why you are getting this. You ve to parse the data by using JSON.stringify(data) or you have to run $.each(data,function(val){ $("#result").append(val) }).