Searching Stripe's JSON response value with PHP - php

Question

I know this question has been done several times, but after a few tests I really cant figure ho to do this.
I'm implementing SEPA payments with Stripe. I've managed to POST all the infos to Stripe, but having a hard time getting a value within the JSON response.
here it is and what I need is the "mandate_url" value toward the end:
{
"id": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"object": "customer",
"account_balance": 0,
"created": XXXXXXXXXXX,
"currency": null,
"default_source": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"delinquent": false,
"description": null,
"discount": null,
"email": null,
"livemode": true,
"metadata": {},
"shipping": null,
"sources": {
"object": "list",
"data": [
{
"id": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"object": "source",
"amount": null,
"client_secret": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"created": XXXXXXXXXXX,
"currency": "eur",
"customer": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"flow": "none",
"livemode": true,
"metadata": {},
"owner": {
"address": {
"city": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"country": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"line1": null,
"line2": null,
"postal_code": "00000",
"state": null
},
"email": null,
"name": "John Doe",
"phone": null,
"verified_address": null,
"verified_email": null,
"verified_name": null,
"verified_phone": null
},
"status": "chargeable",
"type": "sepa_debit",
"usage": "reusable",
"sepa_debit": {
"bank_code": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"branch_code": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"country": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"fingerprint": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"last4": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"mandate_reference": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"mandate_url": "https://hooks.stripe.com/adapter/sepa_debit/file/random_keys"
}
}
],
"has_more": false,
"total_count": 1,
"url": "XXXXXXXXXXX"
},
"subscriptions": {
"object": "list",
"data": [],
"has_more": false,
"total_count": 0,
"url": "XXXXXXXXXXX"
}
}
isn't there any way to get it without creating an enormous foreach?
thanks :)

Answer 1

first off you're json was invalid as you had several instances of "created": XXXXXXXXXXX, so below is corrected json and example of using json_decode
<?php
$json = '{
"id": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"object": "customer",
"account_balance": 0,
"created": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"currency": null,
"default_source": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"delinquent": false,
"description": null,
"discount": null,
"email": null,
"livemode": true,
"metadata": {},
"shipping": null,
"sources": {
"object": "list",
"data": [{
"id": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"object": "source",
"amount": null,
"client_secret": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"created": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"currency": "eur",
"customer": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"flow": "none",
"livemode": true,
"metadata": {},
"owner": {
"address": {
"city": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"country": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"line1": null,
"line2": null,
"postal_code": "00000",
"state": null
},
"email": null,
"name": "John Doe",
"phone": null,
"verified_address": null,
"verified_email": null,
"verified_name": null,
"verified_phone": null
},
"status": "chargeable",
"type": "sepa_debit",
"usage": "reusable",
"sepa_debit": {
"bank_code": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"branch_code": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"country": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"fingerprint": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"last4": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"mandate_reference": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
"mandate_url": "https://hooks.stripe.com/adapter/sepa_debit/file/random_keys"
}
}],
"has_more": false,
"total_count": 1,
"url": "XXXXXXXXXXX"
},
"subscriptions": {
"object": "list",
"data": [],
"has_more": false,
"total_count": 0,
"url": "XXXXXXXXXXX"
}
}';
$data = json_decode($json);
$mandate_url = $data->sources->data[0]->sepa_debit->mandate_url);
echo $mandate_url;
?>
Alternatively you could get the json into an associative array and use the following syntax
$data = json_decode($json, true);
$mandate_url = $data['sources']['data'][0]['sepa_debit']['mandate_url'];
echo $mandate_url;