I have JSON:
[{"name":"point","visibility":false},{"name":"php_first_table","visibility":true}]
I do:
$Arr = json_decode($json,true);
I get:
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[name] => point
[visibility] =>
)
[1] => Array
(
[name] => php_first_table
[visibility] => 1
)
)
How to save true and false in boolean form?
It already is in boolean form. Try to use var_dump($array[0]['visibility']); and it'll output bool(true) or bool(false).
print_r automatically converts the boolean to 1 for true and (empty) for false when outputting, but it doesn't change the data type.
You can use var_dump on your array to get a better output:
<?php
$array = array(
'booleanTrue' => true,
'booleanFalse' => false,
'integer' => 1
);
var_dump($array);
print_r($array);
/*
array(3) {
["booleanTrue"]=>
bool(true)
["booleanFalse"]=>
bool(false)
["integer"]=>
int(1)
}
Array
(
[booleanTrue] => 1
[booleanFalse] =>
[integer] => 1
)
*/
?>
Edit:
Here's a function to give you a nicer/more compact var_dump output very similar to print_r:
<?php
function var_dump_r($variable, $return = false) {
ob_start();
var_dump($variable);
$output = preg_replace('/\["([^"]+)"\]/', '[$1]', preg_replace('/\s*=>\s*/', ' => ', ob_get_clean()));
if (!$return) {
echo $output;
}
return $return;
}
var_dump_r(array(
'booleanTrue' => true,
'booleanFalse' => false,
'integer' => 1
));
/*
array(3) {
[booleanTrue] => bool(true)
[booleanFalse] => bool(false)
[integer] => int(1)
}
*/
?>
Are you using print_r or something similar to print it? (Pro-tip: don't).
TRUE is always a value greater than 0 and FALSE is 0, so you only have to check
if ($visibility) {
// do something
}
