Assign Json file objects to variables - php

Question

I have a JSON file that I would like to use with PHP to assign variables to the individual objects.
The file looks like this: (Is this a valid JSON file?):
{"draw":0,
"data":[
["123456789",
"first_data_one",
"second_data_one",
"third_data_one",
"fourth_data_one",
"fith_data_one"],
["7656576657",
"first_data_two",
"second_data_two",
"third_data_two",
"fourth_data_two",
"fith_data_two"],
],
"recordsTotal":"181",
"recordsFiltered":"181"
}
I need some help assigning each values,
EX: number = "123456789", $first_data = "first_data_one", $second_data = "second_data_one", $third_data = "third_data_one", $fourth_data = "fourth_data_one", $fith_data = "fith_data_one" to variables.
In the end I want to echo each, some thing like this:
echo Number: $number;
echo Number: $first_data;
echo Number: $second_data;
echo Number: $third_data;
echo Number: $fourth_data;
echo Number: $fith_data;
I want to put it all in a table in the end.

Answer 1

Your table header contains names for columns
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Number</th>
<th>first_data</th>
<th>second_data</th>
<th>third_data.</th>
<th>fourth_data</th>
<th>fith_data</th>
</tr>
</thead>
one way is to define columns, but then your return object based , columns as key
$('#myjson').dataTable( {
"ajax": { "url": "api/data.json",
"dataSrc": "data" } , // default datasrc is data, so no need of it
"columns": [
{ "data": "number" },
{ "data": "first_data" },
{ "data": "second_data" },
{ "data": "third_data" },
{ "data": "fourth_data" },
{ "data": "fith_data" }
]
} );
this will automatically assign data to columns
the header will be your html header,
like you have 6 columns and your json also has 6 so it will be fine
$('#myjson').dataTable( {
"ajax": { "url": "api/data.json"}
} );
and if you switch on serverside processing
then you get these
"recordsTotal": 57, "recordsFiltered": 57,
have a look at the api docs