if you are using PHP then this function will probably help json_decode
more information: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.json-decode.php On Jun 1, 2:26 pm, Peter Marino <marino.pe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi jQuery, > > I'm trying to learn the json and ajax > I have with success sent data over to the server in json > now my question is how does one process this data on the server side? > > client side: > > var data = > { > "member" : > { > "name" : "Donald Duck" > }} > > $.ajax({ > url: "http://localhost/test/gui/ajax_member.php", > type: "GET", > data: data, > cache: false, > dataType: "json", > > success: function(json){ > alert( json["test"] ); > > }, > > error: function( XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown ){ > var t = "XMLHttpRequest: "+XMLHttpRequest+"\n"; > t+= "textStatus: "+textStatus+"\n"; > t+= "errorThrown: "+errorThrown+"\n"; > alert( t ); > } > > }); > > server side??? > > how do I get the name "Donald Duck" on the server side? > > -- > Power Tumbling -http://www.powertumbling.dk > OSG-Help -http://osghelp.com