How to get a particular string from and api response? - php

Question

I have been on a little project of mine now i want to find imdb_id using tmdb_id so for that I have been trying to use the API.
https://api.themoviedb.org/3/tv/67026?api_key=myapikey&append_to_response=external_ids
which brings up the results like this
{
"backdrop_path": "/hcFbIbDzsB9aSSw9VkSGFEl5sGO.jpg",
"created_by": [{
"id": 230174,
"credit_id": "577eb8e5c3a368694a0027ac",
"name": "David Guggenheim",
"gender": 2,
"profile_path": "/hqSydaadHO6EsBIn3BQEzzfxNUY.jpg"
}],
"episode_run_time": [42],
"first_air_date": "2016-09-21",
"genres": [{
"id": 18,
"name": "Drama"
}, {
"id": 10768,
"name": "War & Politics"
}],
"homepage": "https://www.netflix.com/title/80113647",
"id": 67026,
"in_production": false,
"languages": ["en"],
"last_air_date": "2019-06-07",
"last_episode_to_air": {
"air_date": "2019-06-07",
"episode_number": 10,
"id": 1809432,
"name": "#truthorconsequences",
"overview": "On election day, Kirkman turns to his therapist to assuage his conscience about the events -- and his own decisions -- of the momentous prior 36 hours.",
"production_code": "",
"season_number": 3,
"show_id": 67026,
"still_path": "/cpy3uV100RyZuvJN535JLTrj4Nz.jpg",
"vote_average": 7.0,
"vote_count": 1
},
"name": "Designated Survivor",
"next_episode_to_air": null,
"networks": [{
"name": "ABC",
"id": 2,
"logo_path": "/ndAvF4JLsliGreX87jAc9GdjmJY.png",
"origin_country": "US"
}, {
"name": "Netflix",
"id": 213,
"logo_path": "/wwemzKWzjKYJFfCeiB57q3r4Bcm.png",
"origin_country": ""
}],
"number_of_episodes": 53,
"number_of_seasons": 3,
"origin_country": ["US"],
"original_language": "en",
"original_name": "Designated Survivor",
"overview": "Tom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.",
"popularity": 30.031,
"poster_path": "/5R125JAIh1N38pzHp2dRsBpOVNY.jpg",
"production_companies": [{
"id": 28788,
"logo_path": null,
"name": "Genre Films",
"origin_country": "US"
}, {
"id": 19366,
"logo_path": "/vOH8dyQhLK01pg5fYkgiS31jlFm.png",
"name": "ABC Studios",
"origin_country": "US"
}, {
"id": 78984,
"logo_path": null,
"name": "Entertainment 360",
"origin_country": "US"
}],
"seasons": [{
"air_date": "2016-09-20",
"episode_count": 21,
"id": 78328,
"name": "Season 1",
"overview": "Tom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.",
"poster_path": "/1QHlD6z9FnXuuTDVLJnjrtLfVyq.jpg",
"season_number": 1
}, {
"air_date": "2017-09-27",
"episode_count": 22,
"id": 91130,
"name": "Season 2",
"overview": "",
"poster_path": "/z4hdj8cYyqCO9lVBOGm6YZsnMho.jpg",
"season_number": 2
}, {
"air_date": "2019-06-07",
"episode_count": 10,
"id": 122914,
"name": "Season 3",
"overview": "",
"poster_path": "/wn310FWQhjjpHbqsMRBcXr28EHc.jpg",
"season_number": 3
}],
"status": "Canceled",
"type": "Scripted",
"vote_average": 7.2,
"vote_count": 408,
"external_ids": {
"imdb_id": "tt5296406",
"freebase_mid": null,
"freebase_id": null,
"tvdb_id": 311876,
"tvrage_id": 51115,
"facebook_id": "DesignatedSurvivor",
"instagram_id": "designatedsurvivor",
"twitter_id": "DesignatedNFLX"
}
}
So now if I want to get just the IMDb_ID form the external_ids then what code should i use in PHP and store it in a variable.
Thank you very much in advance.

Answer 1

use the json_decode method to treat JSON like a PHP object
$data = 'your JSON object';//raw data as string in $data
$decoded = json_decode($data);//decoded data as PHP object
echo $decoded->external_ids->imdb_id; //access any property you like
hope this helps!!!