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I've tried 

var name = <?php echo json_encode($eventname); ?>;

and 

var name = new Array("<?php echo implode('","', $eventName);?>");

to parse my name string array from PHP to Javascript. It displayed as 

var name = ["lalalala","Lalala","test"];

and 

var name = new Array("lalalala","Lalala","test");

in viewsource, but when I tried to use name[i] to get the string, it returned the character, not the string. The size of the array name is also not 3, but 20 (which is the total number of characters plus three ","). How can I fix this?

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can you show how you are using name[i] to get the data? –  Yogesh Suthar May 3 '13 at 6:13
    
possible duplicate of Convert php array to Javascript –  Rikesh May 3 '13 at 6:14
    
I used console.log(name[i]) to display this in console –  abenoy05 May 3 '13 at 6:17
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Pretty sure because 'name' points to window.name (Thanks Fabrício Matté). Look Here

It works fine if you change 'name' to 'names'.

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It is not "reserved", but rather it points to window.name, an already existing property of the global object (window). –  Fabrício Matté May 3 '13 at 6:15
    
My bad :) so you're saying this.name might work under a class? –  Dave Chen May 3 '13 at 6:15
    
Exactly. =] Anywhere that is not in the global scope. Try on console (function(){ var name=1; alert(name); }());. –  Fabrício Matté May 3 '13 at 6:16
    
Thank you so much! After changing it to names it works now! :) –  abenoy05 May 3 '13 at 6:21
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