How to convert this PHP array into a JavaScript array?

Question

What would this PHP array look like in JavaScript?

What would be the closest translation?

$nursery_rhyme = array(“mary”, “had”, “a”, “little”, “lamb”);

Answer 1

As others mentioned, the curly/smart quotes are invalid.

You can get the JavaScript representation of most simple PHP structures by running the data through json_encode():

php> echo json_encode(array("mary", "had", "a", "little", "lamb"))
["mary","had","a","little","lamb"]

Answer 2

var nursery_rhyme=new Array("mary", "had", "a", "little", "lamb");

Answer 3

var nursery_rhyme = ["mary", "had", "a", "little", "lamb"];

Answer 4

var nursery_ryhme = ["mary", "had", "a", "little", "lamb"];

Answer 5

Closest JS translation:

$nursery_rhyme = new Array("mary", "had", "a", "little", "lamb");

Notice:

• no var is needed
• you can still use the $