JSON.parse给了我对象而不是结果

Question

I have variable in javascript which is coming from php by json_encode. While I am psrsing it with JSON.parse(variable). It alert me objects instead of actual result.

CODE:

var a = '<?php echo json_encode($over_branch_array); ?>';
a = JSON.parse(a);
alert(a);

EDIT:

basically I need to map my php array.

a = a.map(function(v){
    return { id : v.branch, text : v.branch };
});

If I will do JSON.stringify then I won't be able to do that..

Answer 1

alert performs a toString conversion on objects before displaying them. You'll get a result like this.

If you want to view the contents of the object, either console.log it or JSON.stringify it.

EDIT:

When I say use JSON.stringify I mean do it to show what is actually in the object:

alert(JSON.stringify(a));