# Getting a Parse Failure when trying to use global aggregation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-a-parse-failure-when-trying-to-use-global-aggregation/58849>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 24, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-a-parse-failure-when-trying-to-use-global-aggregation/58849 "2016-08-24T16:23:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![VadymSemeniuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/51bf81/32.png) [@VadymSemeniuk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/VadymSemeniuk)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-a-parse-failure-when-trying-to-use-global-aggregation/58849/1 "2016-08-24T16:23:02Z")

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Hi! I trying to use global aggregation and getting a parse failure  
`Elasticsearch\Common\Exceptions\BadRequest400Exception`  
`search_parse_exception: Expected [START_OBJECT] under [global], but got a [START_ARRAY] in [price_glob]`

my aggs looks like this:

```auto
'aggs' => [
    'status_glob' => [
        'global' => [],
        'aggs' => [
            'avg_status' => ['avg' => ['field' => 'status']],
        ]
    ],
]
```

I am use php with elasticsearch-php-client v2.3.  
Can anyone say me where i'm made mistake?

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**Author:** ![VadymSemeniuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/51bf81/32.png) [@VadymSemeniuk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/VadymSemeniuk)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-a-parse-failure-when-trying-to-use-global-aggregation/58849/2 "2016-08-24T16:44:34Z")

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I found solution.  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/php-api/current/\_dealing\_with\_json\_arrays\_and\_objects\_in\_php.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/php-api/current/_dealing_with_json_arrays_and_objects_in_php.html)

The problem is that PHP will automatically convert "global" : {} into "global" : [], which is no longer valid Elasticsearch DSL and wo solve this problem just write 'global' =\> new \stdClass()

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 10:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-a-parse-failure-when-trying-to-use-global-aggregation/58849/3 "2016-08-26T10:00:28Z")

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Thanks for sharing your solution!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-a-parse-failure-when-trying-to-use-global-aggregation/58849/4 "2017-07-05T22:24:57Z")

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