Datagrid from JavaScript from PHP

Hi Everyone,

Let me start by saying that this application worked until our server crashed, so I do believe that there is some kind of setting within the server that is preventing this from working once again, but our server is set to all default values for now.

I basically have a datagrid that is populated via the FABridge component which receives an array from JavaScript, which receives the info from a PHP script, which retrieves a result set from MySQL.

Once more, this worked prior to the server crashing three Sundays ago. For now, I run the PHP file which generates the string that I want to send to JavaScript, which then sends it to the datagrid. I copy & paste the string:
[code]
mySeFunc([{SHOWS: "some_show ", GENDER: "Male", AGE: "21", FIRST_NAME: "Joe", LAST_NAME: "Somebody", EMAIL_ADDRESS: "something@yahoo.com", PHONE_NUMBER: "5555555555", CITY: "Some_city", STATE: "Some_state", ZIP: "11111", PICTURE: "some_pic.jpg"}]);
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If I take this string, then copy & paste it in place of a variable -- "response":
[code]
function handleResponsePost()
{
if(http.readyState == 4 && http.status == 200)
{
var response = http.responseText;
if(response)
{
window.onload = eval(response);

}
}
}

As such:
function handleResponsePost()
{
if(http.readyState == 4 && http.status == 200)
{
var response = http.responseText;
if(response)
{
window.onload = eval(mySeFunc([{SHOWS: "some_show ", GENDER: "Male", AGE: "21", FIRST_NAME: "Joe", LAST_NAME: "Somebody", EMAIL_ADDRESS: "something@yahoo.com", PHONE_NUMBER: "5555555555", CITY: "Some_city", STATE: "Some_state", ZIP: "11111", PICTURE: "some_pic.jpg"}]);

}
}
}
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Then the datagrid populates just fine. And it used to receive these Strings from an echo coming from my PHP file which retrieved a resultset from MySQL before the server crashed. As follows:

[code]
echo "mySeFunc([".$myComboVar2."]);";
[/code]

Now if I copy & paste the same String, that I receive from the PHP file, then I will see a JavaScript error from the console:
[code]
echo "mySeFunc([{SHOWS: "some_show ", GENDER: "Male", AGE: "21", FIRST_NAME: "Joe", LAST_NAME: "Somebody", EMAIL_ADDRESS: "something@yahoo.com", PHONE_NUMBER: "5555555555", CITY: "Some_city", STATE: "Some_state", ZIP: "11111", PICTURE: "some_pic.jpg"}]);";
[/code]

The JavaScript code which sends the code to the Flex app:
[code]
function mySeFunc(someArrayComing)
{
var flexApp = FABridge.fab.root();
flexApp.myActionScriptFromJavascript(someArrayComing);
}
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The code within Flex which receives the String:
[code]
public function myActionScriptFromJavascript(someArrayComing:Array):void
{
dataGrid.dataProvider = someArrayComing;
dataGrid.validateNow();
}
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What configuration in the server could cause the same String literal to work directly from Javascript and not to work if it's passed from PHP? I know that it cannot be the length of the String literal because, I have tried pasting just ONE record and it still gives me the same error:
[code]
Error: missing } in XML expression
Source File:http://www.somedomain.com/someJSscript.js Line 56
mySeFunc([{SHOWS: "some_show ", GENDER: "Male", AGE: "21", FIRST_NAME: "Joe", LAST_NAME: "Somebody", EMAIL_ADDRESS: "something@yahoo.com", PHONE_NUMBER: "5555555555", CITY: "Some_city", STATE: "Some_state", ZIP: "11111", PICTURE: "some_pic.jpg"}])
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Which the arrow pointing in the JavaScript Console to the place where the error lies, is after the ":" following SHOWS:

Once more, all of this worked perfectly for months. We have a database of over 23,000 records. For now, each morning I run the PHP script, copy & paste the result set in place of the variable "response" and the datagrid loads within 20 seconds on Macs and 2 minutes on PCs.

For obvious reasons, I'd rather not be copy & pasting every morning as the db grows daily.

Thanks in advance :-)