You should not experience this if you are using json_decode in php (http://us3.php.net/json_decode). Are you using a custom written parser?
On Jun 26, 2:00 am, Arunachalam <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank for your input. Iam currently using php JSON praser to decode the name > value pair, > The problem which im facing is that, the parser expect the name valuer pair > in double quotes eg: "name":"value". But many of the pair in the feed are in > the format of "favorited":false, in which case i was not able to fetch the > value of the field. > So i consider that, when there is a prefect ordering in the feed i will able > to guess the next field, and parse accordingly. > > Cheers, > Arunachalam > > Mob: +91 99 00 56 10 80 > > > > On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 11:15 AM, John Kalucki <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The JSON and XML markup formats do not define a fixed ordering of > > their fields and they also allow new fields to be added at any time. > > Besides consuming absurd amounts of CPU for name-value pair decoding, > > this decoupling of producer and consumer is nearly the entire point of > > these markup schemes. If you use a reasonable JSON parser, it will > > mask all of these issues for you. If you try to pick the text apart > > via other means, you will be continuously reworking as the status > > format evolves and as the JSON encoder capriciously reorders its > > output. > > > -John Kalucki > > Services, Twitter. Inc. > > > On Jun 25, 10:13 pm, Arun <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > I have few doubts regarding gardenhose feed. > > > im redirecting the feed in json into flat file. also using php to > > > decode the json format. > > > When i went through few records, i was able to see that all records > > > are not in same format i.e reply status message format differs from > > > the other status format. > > > ( few records starts with "created_at" field, while other records > > > starts with "favorited" > > > I want to know what are the various output record provided by > > > gardenhose feed and their respective format and Where do i find the > > > same. > > > > Cheers, > > > Arunachalam
