How to Properly Convert String to Associative Array in PHP - php

Question

i want to convert this string to Proper associative array.
please click on the link to see string data.
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=16.539311299999998,80.5820222
i want that to be converted into a proper Associaitve array.
im looking something like this.
echo $array['long_name'] should return a value like 'Attlee Road'
please help me with this, im trying this from 2 days, trying all explode, implode, foreachloops, im confused a lot, please someone help me with this.
Below code will echo the string data
<?php
$lat = 16.539311299999998;
$lng = 80.5820222;
$url = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=" . $lat . "," . $lng . ";
function get_data($url) {
$ch = curl_init();
$timeout = 5;
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $timeout);
$data = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
return $data;
}
$returned_contents = get_data($url);
echo "<pre>";
print_r($returned_contents);
echo "</pre>";
?>

Answer 1

You must be use json_decode() function.
<?php
$lat = 16.539311299999998;
$lng = 80.5820222;
$url = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=" . $lat . "," . $lng . "&key=AIzaSyDCgyjLTrpadabEAyDNXf2GPpgChvpMw_4";
function get_data($url) {
$ch = curl_init();
$timeout = 5;
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $timeout);
$data = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
return $data;
}
$returned_contents = get_data($url);
$returned_contents_array = json_decode($returned_contents, true);
$results = $returned_contents_array['results'];
foreach($results as $result) {
echo $result['address_components'][0]['long_name'];
}
?>

Answer 2

Use json_decode() on your output

Answer 3

Try it
<?php
$lat = 16.539311299999998;
$lng = 80.5820222;
$url = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=" . $lat . "," . $lng . "&key=AIzaSyDCgyjLTrpadabEAyDNXf2GPpgChvpMw_4";
function get_data($url) {
$ch = curl_init();
$timeout = 5;
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $timeout);
$data = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
return $data;
}
$returned_contents = get_data($url);
$returned_contents = json_decode($returned_contents);
echo "<pre>";
print_r($returned_contents);
echo "</pre>";
?>