setJSON() error when using json_encode()

[Shalling]

Due to I tried to use setJSON() by giving parameter from json_encode() and i got error on iPhone that "Safari can't download the file". So I would like to suggest some fixing for this to easily format the JSON, if it's possible.

For example <?php $json_data = array( "passTypeIdentifier" => "pass.com.example.passbook", "teamIdentifier" => "ABCDEFGHIJK", "formatVersion" => 1, "organizationName" => "Example", "serialNumber" => uniqid(), "backgroundColor" => "rgb(107,156,196)", "logoText" => "Company", "description" => "Demo Employee pass", "primaryFields" => array( array( 'key' => 'name', 'label' => 'Name', 'name' => $name, ), array( 'key' => 'lastName', 'label' => 'Last Name', 'lastName' => $lastName, ), array( 'key' => 'depart', 'label' => 'Depart', 'depart' => $depart, ), "barcode" => array( "format" => "PKBarcodeFormatQR", "message" => "Name: " . $name . " Last Name: " . $lastName . " Depart: " . $depart, "messageEncoding" => "iso-8859-1" ), ), ); $json = json_encode($json_data); $pass->setJSON($json);

?>

[tschoffelen]

This should usually just work fine. Are you sure that all the fields are according to the specification? I'm not totally sure about the use of uniqueid().

[ptz0n]

I use arrays and json_encode instead of manually formatted JSON in my application. Maybe I can push a version of the example.php file using the same method in a couple of days.

[ghost]

Same problem here

$passJson = json_encode($passArray, JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK); $pass->setJSON($passJson);

works fine in a browser(file does open) but on iPhone safari can't download the file.

but when i use the same json string assigned in this script - it works and the pass open !?

$passJson = '{"formatVersion":1,"serialNumber":"320193-463-386","teamIdentifier":'.....}; $pass->setJSON($passJson);

some ideas?

@ptz0n : can you please push your example?

[Shalling]

i found that when json_encode the array instead of primaryFields : [ { key: '', ...}, { ... }, { ... } ] it shows primaryFields: { "0" : { key: '', ... }, "1" : { ... }, "2" : { ... } }

any workaround on this issue?

[ptz0n]

Your array keys are not following the Passbook specification. The fields objects should always contain key, label and value keys. The following PHP array;

json_encode(array(
    'primaryFields' => array(
        array(
            'key'   => 'origin',
            'label' => 'From',
            'value' => 'Stockholm C'
        ),
        array(
            'key'   => 'destination',
            'label' => 'To',
            'value' => 'Göteborg C'
        )
    )
));

will give you:

{
    "primaryFields":[
        {
            "key": "origin",
            "label": "From",
            "value": "Stockholm C"
        },
        {
            "key": "destination",
            "label": "To",
            "value": "G\u00f6teborg C"
        }
    ]
}

If it does not. What PHP (and JSON) version are you running?

[ptz0n]

@Shalling I have now submitted the pull request #22 regarding JSON encode from pass data formatted as PHP arrays.

[ghost]

i solved my problem.

i'm not sure but i guess i had two failures.

1. the pass must add an icon AND a logo png - if not safari can't download the pkpass file
2. the message value must be a string. i use JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK to determine whether the php array value is a number (eg FormatVersion,Latitude... ) but in some cases i returned an int value for the barcode.

[ptz0n]

Great that you pointed out the JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK constant. Good job getting it working!

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