JSON returned from php is [obejct Object] and jQuery.parseJSON is null
===

In my php file I have:

    $arr[] = array("status"=>0);
    echo json_encode($arr);

In my javascript, I have:

    $(document).ready(function(){
    
        initialize(); 
        $("#searchbutton").click(function(){
             
        var usrinput = $("#userinput").val();
    
        $.get(
            "searchpageajaxjson.php",
            {searchterm: usrinput},
            function(data){
                searchreturned(data);
            },
            "json"
        ); 
        });
     });


    function searchreturned(data){
       console.log(data); 
       var parsed = jQuery.parseJSON(data);
       console.log(parsed); 
       //for (var i = 0; i < parsed.length; i++) {  
        //            alert(parsed[i]);  
        //     } 
       //	 
    }


The console.log(data) shows [object Obejct]
and console.log(parsed) shows null

Where am I going wrong?

