ajax - JSON parsing an array from PHP filled with SQL data returns [object Object] -

i'm trying make php file retrieve data sql db ajax call, , store data in json format.

ajax call

$.ajax({     method:"post",       datatype:"json",     crossdomain:true,     url:"getcourses.php",      success: function(response){          var courses=json.parse(response);          var el="";         for(var i=0;i<courses.length;i++)         {             console.log(courses[i].title);         }      },     error: function(request,error){         console.log("error: request " + request + "\nspecific error: " + error);     } }); 

php function

 //this test, not actual sql query $query="select * courses order id;"; $result=$mysqli->query($query);  if($result->num_rows >0) //if there @ least 1 row... {     $myarray= array(); //...create array...     while($row = $result->fetch_array(mysql_assoc)){ //...fetch it...          $myarray[]=$row; //...and add row $myarray ([] means autoincrement).     }       echo json_encode($myarray);  

however, chrome console gives me parserror. i've been bashing head since yesterday, , can't seem find problem. know json has trouble non-utf8 strings, doing utf8_encode gives error.

updated

i've removed json.parse method told, , substituted with

var courses=response; 

in php file instead, i've added headers , this

foreach ($myarray $row)     {         //utf8 encoding avoid parsing problems         htmlentities($row['title'],ent_quotes | ent_ignore, "utf-8");          htmlentities($row['description'],ent_quotes | ent_ignore, "utf-8");      } 

before json encode. chrome console returns me this

error: request [object object] specific error: parsererror 

you should not parse json manually:

var courses=json.parse(response); 

as have specified datatype json, jquery parse already, response object.

so need:

success: function(courses){     var el="";     for(var i=0;i<courses.length;i++)     {         console.log(courses[i].title);     }  }, 

note need output valid json when specify datatype that, if if condition in php script not met, should send error message json well.