looping through json data from url using php - php

Question

Hi I am attempting to echo out data returned from an api I'm working with utilizing the following code:
<?php
ini_set("include_path", '/home/matthewt/php:' . ini_get("include_path") );
// This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components
(http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$url = $request->getUrl();
$headers = array(
// Request headers
'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key' => 'my_id',
);
$request->setHeader($headers);
$parameters = array(
// Request parameters
);
$url->setQueryVariables($parameters);
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_GET);
// Request body
$request->setBody("{body}");
try
{
$response = $request->send();
echo $response->getBody();
}
catch (HttpException $ex)
{
echo $ex;
}
Everything up until this point works great and returns json data that basically looks like this: (I shortened the amount of fields to save space)
[{"GameID":49810,"Season":2017},{"GameID":49811,"Season":2017}]
What I need to know is how to loop through this data to print out the results for each game. I know I have to use something like this:
$arr = json_decode();
foreach($arr as $item) { //foreach element in $arr
$game_id = $item['GameID']; //etc
}
But I'm not sure what needs to be decoded...is it $response ?
Thanks

Answer 1

If $response->getBody() contains your json, then json_decode it, then this will be your array of objects which you can loop over.
So try this:
// snip
try
{
$response = $request->send();
$arr = json_decode($response->getBody());
foreach((array) $arr as $item) { //foreach element in $arr
echo $item->GameID; //etc
echo $item->Season; //etc
}
}
catch (HttpException $ex)
{
echo $ex;
}