I'm using PHP's json_decode function to parse a JSON string created by JavaScript's JSON.stringify;

JSON appears to be valid:

JSON String:

"{"m_user_name":"test","m_user_phone":" 60 12-384 7961","m_user_city":"Kuala Lumpur","m_user_linkedin ":"example@gmail.com","m_user_g_plus":"example@gmail.com"}"

JSON final error message: "Syntax error"

Okay, if I paste the string directly into json_decode it works. I'm sending a string via ajax via a form_data object and then trying to decode the post variable.

The following is the code for the ajax request:

$.ajax({ type: "POST", url: ajaxurl, data: formdata, cache: false, contentType: false, processData: false, beforeSend: function () { toggle_loading_spinner(); }, success: function (data) { console.log(data); toggle_loading_spinner(); }, });

I tried using preg_replace('/[x00-x1Fx80-xFF]/', '', $JSON_STRING) to remove the unwanted symbols, but I got the same error.