json to php array conversion from REST service - php

Question

I was getting a response from a REST flight api in JSON format which i was not able to convert into an array from JSON.
I have tried json encoding but it was only showing printing the json response but not converting it into array
Php Controller:
public function search_flites() {php controller
header('Content-type: application/json');
$this->load->library('curl');
$result = $this->curl->simple_get('http://13.235.39.41:8080/ettafly/api/session');
$Data = json_decode($result);
$session_id = $Data->SessionId;
$url = 'http://13.235.39.41:8080/ettafly/api/flightavaliblity';
$ch = curl_init($url);
$jsonData = array(
"user_id" => "Ettafly_APITest2019",
"user_password" => "Ettafly_TestPswd2019",
"access" => "Test",
"ip_address" => "13.235.39.41",
"session_id" => "$session_id",
"journey_type" => "OneWay",
"airport_from_code" => "DEL",
"airport_to_code" => "BOM",
"departure_date" => "2019-11-16",
"return_date" => "2019-11-18",
"adult_flight" => "1",
"child_flight" => "0",
"infant_flight" => "0",
"class_type" => "Economy",
"target" => "Test"
);
$ch = curl_init($url);
$jsonDataEncoded = json_encode($jsonData, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $jsonDataEncoded);
$result2 = curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: application/json'));
$Data2 = json_decode($result2, true);
}

Answer 1

You didn't send that request.
Check this out: https://www.php.net/manual/en/curl.examples.php#88055
<?php
public function search_flites() {
header('Content-type: application/json');
$this->load->library('curl');
$result = $this->curl->simple_get('http://13.235.39.41:8080/ettafly/api/session');
$Data = json_decode($result);
$session_id = $Data->SessionId;
$url = 'http://13.235.39.41:8080/ettafly/api/flightavaliblity';
$ch = curl_init($url);
$jsonData = array(
"user_id" => "Ettafly_APITest2019",
"user_password" => "Ettafly_TestPswd2019",
"access" => "Test",
"ip_address" => "13.235.39.41",
"session_id" => "$session_id",
"journey_type" => "OneWay",
"airport_from_code" => "DEL",
"airport_to_code" => "BOM",
"departure_date" => "2019-11-16",
"return_date" => "2019-11-18",
"adult_flight" => "1",
"child_flight" => "0",
"infant_flight" => "0",
"class_type" => "Economy",
"target" => "Test"
);
$ch = curl_init($url);
$jsonDataEncoded = json_encode($jsonData, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $jsonDataEncoded);
$curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: application/json'));
// You have to exec the curl request to get a response.
$result2 = curl_exec($ch);
$Data2 = json_decode($result2, true);
var_dump($Data2, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
}

Answer 2

by using below code
(
$payload = json_encode($jsonData);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $payload);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type:application/json'));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$result = curl_exec($ch);
$jsonData2 = json_decode($result, true);)
instead of
(
$jsonDataEncoded = json_encode($jsonData, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $jsonDataEncoded);
$curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: application/json'));
// You have to exec the curl request to get a response.
$result2 = curl_exec($ch);
$Data2 = json_decode($result2, true);
var_dump($Data2, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);)
Now i was able to conver the result into a array