I'm trying to create an object in javascript with PHP. This is my script:

    <script>

        $(document).ready(function(){

            var genres = [

    <?php

    $last = count($userGenres) - 1;

    $i = 0;

    foreach($userGenres as $a){

        $i++;

        echo '{value:'.$a['genre'].', name:'.$a['name'].'}';

        if($i < $last){

            echo ',';

        }

    }

    ?>

                        ];

   });

</script>

When I check the generated source, it creates a valid object, but the whole script in that tag doesn't work now. How would fix this, without JSON?

Thanks