JSON Not Working on PHP Script - php

Question

I got 2 JSON files extracted from the same db,
a:)
{
"hint_data": {
"locations": ["AXQDAP____8AAAAABwAAABEAAAAYAAAAIwIAAERwAgAAAAAADgyCAef7TAMCAAEB", "bOsDAP____8AAAAAAwAAAAcAAADFAQAAFAAAAEJwAgAAAAAANQeCAdzdTAMFAAEB"],
"checksum": 326195011
},
"route_name": ["", ""],
"via_indices": [0, 15],
"via_points": [
[25.299982, 55.376873],
[25.29874, 55.369179]
],
"found_alternative": false,
"route_summary": {
"end_point": "",
"start_point": "",
"total_time": 101,
"total_distance": 871
},
"route_geometry": "{_ego#m}|rhBpBaBvHuC`EuArEUtEtAlDvEnD`MlDvMli#hsEfFzn#QlTgNhwCs#fKwBjF",
"status_message": "Found route between points",
"status": 0
}
b:)
{
"alternative_names": [
["", ""]
],
"route_name": ["", ""],
"status_message": "Found route between points",
"route_geometry": "qo{o#wpslhBmFZwEpBgDzDeBlFWdGv#GCzEyBfIyEtEoNtEuMpAuHkAsCgC[mB{AgCuA{#uCa#}Cl#yBtB}#lDVhEcAtDmCdBcDx#iDDeDk#uBeBeB_CcGcXyFi^{Dg\\wBkP_Fs^wBiS_Ce[_D}UwAcKiBqIgI_TeLaUcMmP_IsHqf#_WyJeE}FMkDjIiTth#y|#loBq^vy#mu#fw#cUxOco#r^gb#zRoOjPsBfMq#rMjBdPnEpKlEnHJ~Dvn#la#nd#pT|f#lLv_#pRzLbHnb#fUxc#lMnaC~zAncBxnAkB|bB|CbmCl]rYxCzkCjwBzoBjxGl_G|fNhcMf~E~mE~pFt}EjbBlzAhvInyHfqDb~CblAw#poAzt#z}#bb#diD~dBxtEjgCfjDljBpuAfw#bpGngDhqF~yC~g#la#v~#ni#rbAjg#jPJlCFNdDGdDu#j#eAhBa#lCLdCaCjI_BtCy#vA_DvF}qAf}Bof#l{#{CnFoKdR}mAxBgM|TkJxPmLlSsf#|}#gf#x#kOzXmEfGmSx^kf#tw#mDtL}k#r~#ykCjjEau#niAee#bu#uUl\\}DpFzCrCr|#dt#|NbLroBx_BdZlV|DbDpBr~Anq#xm#r|#ls#|y#dq#}OXuMQcDhEoBgBeCCu[xXmBH",
"route_summary": {
"end_point": "",
"start_point": "",
"total_time": 824,
"total_distance": 15391
},
"found_alternative": true,
"alternative_summaries": [{
"end_point": "",
"start_point": "",
"total_time": 886,
"total_distance": 14967
}],
"via_points": [
[25.196808, 55.273754],
[25.139168, 55.187702]
],
"status": 0,
"via_indices": [0, 144],
"hint_data": {
"locations": ["TdMLAP____8AAAAADwAAAA8AAAA9AAAAbAAAAOtwBgAAAAAACXmAARxpSwMEAAEB", "4Q4AAGKyBgAAAAAACQAAAAAAAAAhAQAAAAAAAGUYAAAAAAAA4Zd_AfgYSgMGAAEB"],
"checksum": 326195011
},
"alternative_geometries": ["qo{o#wpslhBmFZwEpBgDzDeBlFWdGv#GCzEyBfIyEtEoNtEuMpAuHkAsCgC[mB{AgCuA{#uCa#}Cl#yBtB}#lDVhEcAtDmCdBcDx#iDDeDk#uBeBeB_CcGcXyFi^{Dg\\wBkP_Fs^wBiS_Ce[_D}UwAcKiBqIgI_TeLaUcMmP_IsHqf#_WyJeE}FMkDjIiTth#y|#loBq^vy#ec#vfAyeAfcCok#vtA}Wtx#uS|d#skAvfCgExJgJpTqH|O}#n~#wSve#qEhKkYdp#gB~DuUrk#_JdRsAhDmJlVqd#rcAuM|Zeg#zkAiKzUgIbS}B~EtDvBhr#a#dQ~J|rBpmAj_CfyAlAzD^lDgHnOyQlg#w[l|#}Q~d#eBB}Af#mAdAw#bBWpBJrBn#hBaAjGif#ptAk^rmAoVxy#cHjPmCHE|Bp[xRpc#ZfLvIzLlIreG~cEjrArz#rmAl|#lbDrzBjWlQ|xA~bAho#pc#d_#jWng#j^hNzJvGnEnPjLlAx#lgAhv#bGvCjkBvoAbjDr}BvfAx{#t\\rSfoDviC~zAjgAfOxIvAbAjwCtsBv|#|m#bD|BvLId_Dt|BtLlIxsAx_AfE~Crn#hc#rKvIh_BniApe#z\xIpGtoBpxAtEdDrQrMzjChlB~#lo#nwFpE|jBl|AzFzE|DfDvDrCjKfJr#n\\pLzKnBzzAdO~LhaFxaEzCdCnLpKbp#ti#nIjHdRzMjo#tg#~MvKpwCtdClw#bm#z[bWfr#vk#zCrCr|#dt#|NbLroBx_BdZlV|DbDpBr~Anq#xm#r|#ls#|y#dq#}OXuM`QcDhEoBgBeCCu[xXmBH"],
"alternative_indices": [0, 183]
}
And I am running this script on every JSON file.
Here is the script.
<?php
$json = '{"hint_data":{"locations":["AXQDAP____8AAAAABwAAABEAAAAYAAAAIwIAAERwAgAAAAAADgyCAef7TAMCAAEB","bOsDAP____8AAAAAAwAAAAcAAADFAQAAFAAAAEJwAgAAAAAANQeCAdzdTAMFAAEB"],"checksum":326195011},"route_name":["",""],"via_indices":[0,15],"via_points":[[25.299982,55.376873],[25.29874,55.369179]],"found_alternative":false,"route_summary":{"end_point":"","start_point":"","total_time":101,"total_distance":871},"route_geometry":"{_ego#m}|rhBpBaBvHuC`EuArEUtEtAlDvEnD`MlDvMli#hsEfFzn#QlTgNhwCs#fKwBjF","status_message":"Found route between points","status":0}';
$data = json_decode($json);
$totalTime = $data->route_summary->total_time;
var_dump($totalTime); // DUMPS 101
I am getting the first JSON file output correctly but I am getting an error in the 2nd one.
Please tell me what's wrong with the JSON file.

Answer 1

Your json is not valid.
The "alternative_geometries" property contains a string that is not properly encoded. (\x is not valid. If you want the slash, then it would need to be \\x)
Try validating it somewhere like this: http://jsonlint.com/

Answer 2

1) put data to text file
2) try again with:
<?php
$data = file_get_contents('./relative/path/to/file.json');
$data = json_decode($data);
$totalTime = $data->route_summary->total_time;
var_dump($totalTime);
it would be better to write data to files and put somewhere to download them to check the file.