Getting JSON data from API as array or object - php

Question

I am using sports-radar API to get the schedule of NFL week 1. The API returns the following data in json format (I shortened string for example).
"id": "8e45fe2d-fb95-4504-845d-7c815623ccd6",
"year": 2018,
"type": "REG",
"name": "REG",
"week": {
"id": "37435167-5cf6-4cce-b405-ff0e264ced9c",
"sequence": 1,
"title": "1",
"games": [{
"id": "0822b924-eadc-4398-bfe6-83cbbf3a2912",
"status": "scheduled",
"reference": "57570",
"number": 4,
"scheduled": "2018-09-09T17:00:00+00:00",
"entry_mode": "INGEST",
"venue": {
"id": "6ed18563-53e0-46c2-a91d-12d73a16456d",
"name": "Lucas Oil Stadium",
"city": "Indianapolis",
"state": "IN",
"country": "USA",
"zip": "46225",
"address": "500 South Capitol Avenue",
"capacity": 67000,
"surface": "artificial",
"roof_type": "retractable_dome"
},
"home": {
"id": "82cf9565-6eb9-4f01-bdbd-5aa0d472fcd9",
"name": "Indianapolis Colts",
"alias": "IND",
"game_number": 1
},
"away": {
"id": "ad4ae08f-d808-42d5-a1e6-e9bc4e34d123",
"name": "Cincinnati Bengals",
"alias": "CIN",
"game_number": 1
},
"broadcast": {
"network": "CBS"
}
}, {
"id": "0a456149-c547-4856-9b1b-86e1d93887ae",
"status": "scheduled",
"reference": "57574",
"number": 8,
"scheduled": "2018-09-09T17:00:00+00:00",
"entry_mode": "INGEST",
"venue": {
"id": "3c85d89a-ec66-4983-acd5-1381d6c8673a",
"name": "Mercedes-Benz Superdome",
"city": "New Orleans",
"state": "LA",
"country": "USA",
"zip": "70112",
"address": "1500 Sugar Bowl Drive",
"capacity": 73208,
"surface": "artificial",
"roof_type": "dome"
},
"home": {
"id": "0d855753-ea21-4953-89f9-0e20aff9eb73",
"name": "New Orleans Saints",
"alias": "NO",
"game_number": 1
},
"away": {
"id": "4254d319-1bc7-4f81-b4ab-b5e6f3402b69",
"name": "Tampa Bay Buccaneers",
"alias": "TB",
"game_number": 1
},
"broadcast": {
"network": "FOX"
I used the following website as a tutorial on how to display only the the data I need and how to loop over it
Note the JSON string is stored in the variable $schedule
MY Code
// JSON string
$jsonData = $schedule; //get json string
// Convert JSON string to Array
$jsonArray = json_decode($jsonData, true);
// Convert JSON string to Object
$jsonObject = json_decode($schedule);
Looping through PHP Array or Object
$someArray = $jsonArray
foreach ($someArray as $key => $value) {
echo $value["home"] . ", " . $value["away"] . "<br>";
}
// Loop through Object
$someObject = jsonObject
foreach($someObject as $key => $value) {
echo $value->home . ", " . $value->away . "<br>";
}
My ERRORS
When trying to convert the string to an array and attempting to get the away team name I get the error Illegal string offset 'away' same problem with home and all other data
When trying to access data as an object I get the following error Trying to get property of non-object
I followed the tutorial to the letter. Yet im getting the basic errors above...? Any help and explanation would be appreciated. Thank you
EDIT:
var_export($schedule) returns the following:
array ( 'id' => '8e45fe2d-fb95-4504-845d-7c815623ccd6', 'year' => 2018, 'type' => 'REG', 'name' => 'REG', 'week' => array ( 'id' => '37435167-5cf6-4cce-b405-ff0e264ced9c', 'sequence' => 1, 'title' => '1', 'games' => array ( 0 => array ( 'id' => '0822b924-eadc-4398-bfe6-83cbbf3a2912', 'status' => 'scheduled', 'reference' => '57570', 'number' => 4, 'scheduled' => '2018-09-09T17:00:00+00:00', 'entry_mode' => 'INGEST', 'venue' => array ( 'id' => '6ed18563-53e0-46c2-a91d-12d73a16456d', 'name' => 'Lucas Oil Stadium', 'city' => 'Indianapolis', 'state' => 'IN', 'country' => 'USA', 'zip' => '46225', 'address' => '500 South Capitol Avenue', 'capacity' => 67000, 'surface' => 'artificial', 'roof_type' => 'retractable_dome', ), 'home' => array ( 'id' => '82cf9565-6eb9-4f01-bdbd-5aa0d472fcd9', 'name' => 'Indianapolis Colts', 'alias' => 'IND', 'game_number' => 1, ),

Answer 1

You are dealing with array of arrays. Try something like this:
$someArray = $jsonArray
foreach ($someArray as $key => $value) {
echo $value["home"]["name"] . ", " . $value["away"]["name"] . "<br>";
}