FromJSON

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	Reason(s): Example 1 does not work. FromJSON is not compatible with JSON objects such as "cat:5, mouse:1". You might only use JSON arrays instead or move the JSON formatting to PHP ---ffs-Sniper 20:39, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Available client side in 1.2 and onwards This function parses a JSON formatted string into variables. You can use toJSON to encode variables into a JSON string that can be read by this function.

Syntax

var fromJSON ( string json )

Required Arguments

• json: A JSON formatted string

Returns

Returns variables read from the JSON string.

Example

This should make data equal: {1="cat", 2="mouse", 3=5, 4=null, 5={cat=5, mouse=1}} (untested)

local data = fromJSON("[\"cat\", \"mouse\", 5, null, {cat:5, mouse:1}]")

Example 2

local name, weapon, ammo = fromJSON("[\"Desert Eagle\", 24, 147]")

Requirements

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See Also

• getMaxPlayers
• getServerConfigSetting
• getServerHttpPort
ADDED/UPDATED IN VERSION 1.6.0 r22890:
getServerIpFromMasterServer
• getServerName
• getServerPassword
• getServerPort
• isGlitchEnabled
• setGlitchEnabled
• setMaxPlayers
• setServerConfigSetting
• setServerPassword
• shutdown