Getting data from MYSQL into JSON using PHP

Question

I have the following quite simple test PHP code that extracts the data and puts it into JSON formatted text.

I get the following error..

Fatal err

Answer 1

You are probably encoding a very large dataset. You could encode each row, one row at a time instead of encoding it in one big operation.

<?php
require('../../admin/db_login.php');

$db=mysql_connect($host, $username, $password) or die('Could not connect');
mysql_select_db($db_name, $db) or die('');

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * from listinfo") or die('Could not query');

if(mysql_num_rows($result)){
    echo '{"testData":[';

    $first = true;
    $row=mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
    while($row=mysql_fetch_row($result)){
        //  cast results to specific data types

        if($first) {
            $first = false;
        } else {
            echo ',';
        }
        echo json_encode($row);
    }
    echo ']}';
} else {
    echo '[]';
}

mysql_close($db);

That way, each call to json_encode() only encodes a small array instead of a large one. The end result is the same. This is IMO the solution which will use the less memory.

Answer 2

Here is my first json that works perfectly

<?php
// connect to mysql server
mysql_connect($host, $username, $password) or die('Could not connect');
// select the db name
mysql_select_db($dbname);
    // enter your sql query
    $sql = "Select * from Order_Details";
// Creates temp array variable
$temp = array();
// Gets table details
$result = mysql_query($sql);
// Adds each records/row to $temp
while($row=mysql_fetch_row($result)) {
    $temp[] = $row;
}
// Formats json from temp and shows/print on page
echo json_encode($temp);
?>

Answer 3

As a first work-around set it to something like 256M or even 512M.

It is probable the dataset that MySQL is returning to you is quite big. So even if your PHP is very memory-efficient, you still will get the OoM error. So as a more viable long-term solution use the LIMIT statement (SELECT * FROM $table WHERE 1=1 LIMIT 0,30 (start from index 0, get 30 items).

EDIT: Oh wow, I didn't even see the problem from the first solution... Well, still might be a good idea to LIMIT your query :-)

Answer 4

Use this one:

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM listinfo");

$json = array();
$total_records = mysql_num_rows($result);

if($total_records > 0){
  while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)){
    $json[] = $row;
  }
}

echo json_encode($json);

Answer 5

Stop duplicating your array of data

$json = array();

if(mysql_num_rows($result)){
        $row=mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
    while($row=mysql_fetch_row($result)){
        //  cast results to specific data types

        $json['testData'][]=$row;
    }
}

that will help reduce your memory usage