How to parse through JSON using PHP - php

Question

I am having trouble with retrieving values from a JSON being returned when getting place details from the Google Maps API. Here is the specific JSON I would like to parse:
{
"html_attributions" : [],
"result" : {
"address_components" : [
{
"long_name" : "48",
"short_name" : "48",
"types" : [ "street_number" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Pirrama Road",
"short_name" : "Pirrama Road",
"types" : [ "route" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Pyrmont",
"short_name" : "Pyrmont",
"types" : [ "locality", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "NSW",
"short_name" : "NSW",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_1", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "AU",
"short_name" : "AU",
"types" : [ "country", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "2009",
"short_name" : "2009",
"types" : [ "postal_code" ]
}
],
"adr_address" : "5,
\u003cspan class=\"street-address\"\u003e48 Pirrama Rd\u003c/span\u003e,
\u003cspan class=\"locality\"\u003ePyrmont\u003c/span\u003e
\u003cspan class=\"region\"\u003eNSW\u003c/span\u003e
\u003cspan class=\"postal-code\"\u003e2009\u003c/span\u003e,
\u003cspan class=\"country-name\"\u003eAustralia\u003c/span\u003e",
"formatted_address" : "48 Pirrama Road, Pyrmont NSW, Australia",
"formatted_phone_number" : "[phone]",
"geometry" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : -33.8669710,
"lng" : 151.1958750
},
"viewport" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : -33.8665053,
"lng" : 151.1960371
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : -33.8669293,
"lng" : 151.1952183
}
}
},
"icon" : "http://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/generic_business-71.png",
"id" : "4f89212bf76dde31f092cfc14d7506555d85b5c7",
"international_phone_number" : "[phone]",
"name" : "Google Sydney",
"place_id" : "ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4",
"scope" : "GOOGLE",
"alt_ids" : [
{
"place_id" : "D9iJyWEHuEmuEmsRm9hTkapTCrk",
"scope" : "APP"
}
],
"rating" : 4.70,
"reference" : "CnRsAAAA98C4wD-VFvzGq-KHVEFhlHuy1TD1W6UYZw7KjuvfVsKMRZkbCVBVDxXFOOCM108n9PuJMJxeAxix3WB6B16c1p2bY1ZQyOrcu1d9247xQhUmPgYjN37JMo5QBsWipTsnoIZA9yAzA-0pnxFM6yAcDhIQbU0z05f3xD3m9NQnhEDjvBoUw-BdcocVpXzKFcnMXUpf-nkyF1w",
"reviews" : [
{
"aspects" : [
{
"rating" : 3,
"type" : "quality"
}
],
"author_name" : "Simon Bengtsson",
"author_url" : "https://plus.google.com/104675092887960962573",
"language" : "en",
"rating" : 5,
"text" : "Just went inside to have a look at Google. Amazing.",
"time" : 1338440552869
},
{
"aspects" : [
{
"rating" : 3,
"type" : "quality"
}
],
"author_name" : "Felix Rauch Valenti",
"author_url" : "https://plus.google.com/103291556674373289857",
"language" : "en",
"rating" : 5,
"text" : "Best place to work :-)",
"time" : 1338411244325
},
{
"aspects" : [
{
"rating" : 3,
"type" : "quality"
}
],
"author_name" : "Chris",
"language" : "en",
"rating" : 5,
"text" : "Great place to work, always lots of free food!",
"time" : 1330467089039
}
],
"types" : [ "establishment" ],
"url" : "http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=10281119596374313554",
"vicinity" : "48 Pirrama Road, Pyrmont",
"website" : "http://www.google.com.au/"
},
"status" : "OK"
}
I am trying to retrieve data particularly from the name and formatted_address keys.
I have tried the following (with the json file above being named practice.json for example):
$jsondata = file_get_contents("practice.json");
$fileDecode = json_decode($jsondata);
echo $fileDecode->result->name;
But I am not able to get any output. Any assistance is much appreciated!
EDIT: This is a second json taken directly from Google Maps API, also not able to retrieve data from:
{
"html_attributions" : [],
"result" : {
"address_components" : [
{
"long_name" : "Al Olaya",
"short_name" : "Al Olaya",
"types" : [ "sublocality_level_1", "sublocality", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Riyadh",
"short_name" : "Riyadh",
"types" : [ "locality", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Riyadh Province",
"short_name" : "Riyadh Province",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_1", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Saudi Arabia",
"short_name" : "SA",
"types" : [ "country", "political" ]
}
],
"adr_address" : "\u003cspan class=\"region\"\u003eAl Olaya\u003c/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"locality\"\u003eRiyadh\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"country-name\"\u003eSaudi Arabia\u003c/span\u003e",
"formatted_address" : "Al Olaya, Riyadh Saudi Arabia",
"geometry" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : 24.6955386,
"lng" : 46.6850215
},
"viewport" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 24.716452,
"lng" : 46.7034227
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 24.6681904,
"lng" : 46.6635758
}
}
},
"icon" : "https://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/geocode-71.png",
"id" : "04d055d65120a302eeedbdce0e8b570cbb2026ed",
"name" : "Al Olaya",
"photos" : [
{
"height" : 1667,
"html_attributions" : [
"\u003ca href=\"https://maps.google.com/maps/contrib/117088877528560272504/photos\"\u003eHussam abdul nour\u003c/a\u003e"
],
"photo_reference" : "CoQBdwAAALzzt2l80CpXQn_Pg2DI9bOxynSSRyNQw4lFes4CL4SNmfl_4a-o1zgmpoK8O-1Jp8Rh08XQg3nlx0mO0JW3-h8xnIkV6D42SEjM-wx6t_ha3IclwpJC6hEtZzEcWXWcCsNyiuvDZWik-SYo9Ae2z3RsLzfRREumciDDmQflcpioEhCTeD-0tjzVt0hFAD_so7uqGhTwRrigrOfOa04qCcRhDN24v2J2kA",
"width" : 2500
},
{
"height" : 2448,
"html_attributions" : [
"\u003ca href=\"https://maps.google.com/maps/contrib/101149623891738396593/photos\"\u003eCompssaiŋoɑter\u003c/a\u003e"
],
"photo_reference" : "CoQBdwAAANsdQ2VD-tuohl7udmcLHReWz87P9ZoZTM_L8krBB4jaAYlPQc4tdygrUnZ6fXEUvF4kwFFrFUswRf9ObP8QqdplDY93Nf_dg8pcloVx0iRpOwPW7yv18WV1o1vB0vvF4HytfiK2KWymPqrhZ8NZ-8RYN9rc_idToVoByvYHqFtWEhAXkX47Lb2vcBIVdZjG9PEaGhSsenjXTjqzphIdN-oMeG3zKotU3A",
"width" : 3264
},
{
"height" : 960,
"html_attributions" : [
"\u003ca href=\"https://maps.google.com/maps/contrib/110505115125440575608/photos\"\u003eam an\u003c/a\u003e"
],
"photo_reference" : "CoQBdwAAALFDIa3AeXB62bvuL9V8s79PJA5-f6cW4j2FJvZ8RAcekWkeLDh0b_T13kzL0o7jPbpppfqIi4DjYueD20c84d3Nr9FoS8-YM1YGiqgITw_chOacDIkYlgNpGVA1Lh6DQKJDqtAl6Rr8nzWATUDRjboLRjx5rZFhMmpUEg2Z1nLwEhBalGiaH7g3t1CnkRWEekJQGhREdC4UgB_NfivkK-Sb0qyXViCEWw",
"width" : 1280
},
{
"height" : 3024,
"html_attributions" : [
"\u003ca href=\"https://maps.google.com/maps/contrib/102067930211195473360/photos\"\u003eف العلي\u003c/a\u003e"
],
"photo_reference" : "CoQBdwAAAH4vqs9NYfw3LhRyzS0JUjU0DMLwJUsv7KLYQ4rk74U0pG3yxHPaucQ3o-ehc5tGa4sg6dKH0gCSmPYBjRbuPN4qihitm2jgWCVvsHi4kG0RmSX_95S-WvQ_SC-EBUNzLft8vkAhVY_WzhWv_tnNdYcE6eFj3td0q01IcTktz6rmEhC_M8Ut3tYf3xFHyf74YtO8GhTEUse64pmo0nzXJViSWS3kIgXrGQ",
"width" : 4032
},
{
"height" : 1024,
"html_attributions" : [
"\u003ca href=\"https://maps.google.com/maps/contrib/113204813794170333862/photos\"\u003eNadine Ellahib\u003c/a\u003e"
],
"photo_reference" : "CoQBdwAAAHe5--s72SnRkwOdrUh7Jjd00uyaHqblIOe0JA8cHuSKfKfWvkbFLiQYgLyEzJ9uPTxBv8owv_mYlP3QPypdVi2Z9KWzhlDO9-9uMK6uG22rdDythbLAsXmqtSo30Youd1fYUDI5TyGAk4_GZLBpab79r54mwbE46T7yjooRMOvFEhAeEWrwH9dLg_fX96wFZG7CGhSsaVTzbFBaGb2DMyuTWVtYQIXf1g",
"width" : 1280
},
{
"height" : 960,
"html_attributions" : [
"\u003ca href=\"https://maps.google.com/maps/contrib/115381450017292739172/photos\"\u003ebayt rafal\u003c/a\u003e"
],
"photo_reference" : "CoQBdwAAAPLiE2rnNB1oKu9sGeppOBkkSFaNMgIqHICb-dJNxvNYNdsSRRnpvIejKWWhqBlWMqCWM4ckOvaQ-QpoxsUyrwUuJxi0IQ1ApnpWBqwdYzQAJm38rnh-afPsdY2V7jPnlGnPRs1hKKNbnP1uVnvdmBi-3_Pl5X7DtX-na3Vgt7-vEhDmDvgjrRqDcDsgdWbN9wFdGhSNt9vXR-DDKfCsJpxXEYIm_wQz2A",
"width" : 1280
},
{
"height" : 4912,
"html_attributions" : [
"\u003ca href=\"https://maps.google.com/maps/contrib/117800400423280078042/photos\"\u003eAli Ali\u003c/a\u003e"
],
"photo_reference" : "CoQBdwAAAGXi7GJE3Ms5sI6ODIAW6EdUETVTK3USk5Y5_eUyrh_T2jgrHqMr1oYvPy8GWhdn5k9HB71n-og2wVPGISxds9yWvM_GG_qOYJMT0FtBZHKl9PMRyyJMrPQPpenpz_Y6qQ1ExegDrlP_9vCSB-i7SL5H-0_Bd8FkjAobhnLakhleEhC288Fky3Mzp3z640Xu1YgBGhQXZYU-KJS7yFB3bd5Pa_ah4HtHyw",
"width" : 7360
},
{
"height" : 460,
"html_attributions" : [
"\u003ca href=\"https://maps.google.com/maps/contrib/111425848650488622103/photos\"\u003eMahmud Hamdy\u003c/a\u003e"
],
"photo_reference" : "CoQBdwAAADPfaci3PMLYTTE8KneDYP4nezEamTSDtZjjnE-dU7TlHUipryBG-5_kf5efH8CZp97utlUwJDLyC72gXC7FVTo-m6OOKL-nUTXvTnDuVBfI-0O5r1Lk7xI00-PwiRLy8ZjnzrSKY8wAUwb5ik3K5BMqArhGQTnXb40BXkA5ao9DEhCUPocB0i3SD5K-13UZgqQ-GhQJu2b1lOsZWwRdU5dZBnEMOXNmeQ",
"width" : 1024
},
{
"height" : 2976,
"html_attributions" : [
"\u003ca href=\"https://maps.google.com/maps/contrib/116747951557154073650/photos\"\u003eAbo Osamah\u003c/a\u003e"
],
"photo_reference" : "CoQBdwAAAPuy2BrljeilT3ZVivEyn0fxNm4aS1OBMIui1ty57-CHk0D_fUQ9B9PQqL7dVhvGE-GFkNBPpsBz8N1Hu0NIMfcjv0x8T7OBPY5vKEGHcG3LDx2xEzy7nU214wqK7HAlj06b6704CoHtQ7aTVZeVD6H910yv9ARCVbdTWKMuym05EhCuQ44VEJtjjsHcCIAZCY1qGhSUcNgdgsMUF3LnahV1O9Cv5q3B8w",
"width" : 3968
},
{
"height" : 1440,
"html_attributions" : [
"\u003ca href=\"https://maps.google.com/maps/contrib/105026382392779621412/photos\"\u003eSalahuddin saleem\u003c/a\u003e"
],
"photo_reference" : "CoQBdwAAANsGbEK1sqRiTVRbDczYQBpN7skqGJlSZsXYgwEeqPLCIjStMIxNjNli2wA-oBzkRjQk4Jy_yeGMlXizjEw1CXSbgMDfvNz-z8MpHG-bwAH9SHbVHZa6xnyVzzEpTLfyW2BxdeWjQVBRqJrZLin1TrtLlCqQpOlkzcy5SBwL8NwvEhCZVoZzlsDAW4Bqam01E-4eGhSx4Yvqn96VWxLmDc-OpDhj48ByCA",
"width" : 2560
}
],
"place_id" : "ChIJF7QkuDsDLz4R0rJ4SsxFl9w",
"reference" : "CmRbAAAAwmMaielR1fUd5dDwGvebSvjTkTqtv_KiDPFdKzMneku63kc0V4Uqe15jJRmYsuxh8Mv33fef494zUk7Ip3rl5g7DSHgh7EU4XfG9VhYkMPGgURb08oXLDlBYi1xJTd9OEhDcvi55Sziz3I-IjojRCPrvGhQs-g47WwHHvR36JPrkmUxoM3k_ww",
"scope" : "GOOGLE",
"types" : [ "sublocality_level_1", "sublocality", "political" ],
"url" : "https://maps.google.com/?q=Al+Olaya,+Riyadh+Saudi+Arabia&ftid=0x3e2f033bb824b417:0xdc9745cc4a78b2d2",
"utc_offset" : 180,
"vicinity" : "Al Olaya"
},
"status" : "OK"
}

Answer 1

Error in these lines.. Correct Json file..
used this link to get error in practice.json files http://jsonlint.com/
"adr_address" : "5,
\u003cspan class=\"street-address\"\u003e48 Pirrama Rd\u003c/span\u003e,
\u003cspan class=\"locality\"\u003ePyrmont\u003c/span\u003e
\u003cspan class=\"region\"\u003eNSW\u003c/span\u003e
\u003cspan class=\"postal-code\"\u003e2009\u003c/span\u003e,
\u003cspan class=\"country-name\"\u003eAustralia\u003c/span\u003e",