I have a JSON that's strangely formatted ...but it's the way I receive it. Because the arrays inside are huge, simply copying and pasting it takes a long time, so I'm wondering if there's a PHP way to do it.
The way I get it is like this:
{"count":459,"results":[{"title":"Something ....}],"params":{"limit..},"type":"Listing","pagination":{"..":5}}
But I want to get only the "results" array, basically the part of [{"title":"Something ....}]. How would I do that?
Do
$arr = json_decode(your_json, true);
If you ned it as JSON again, do
json_encode($arr['results']);
You can get to that part as follows:
$json = '{"count":459,"results":[{"title":"Something ...."}],"params":{"limit":".."},"type":"Listing","pagination":{"..":5}}';
$obj = json_decode($json);
echo $obj->results[0]->title;
Outputs:
Something ....
You have to decode your json. Be sure that the json is valid!
Your decoded json returns an object of type stdClass instead of an array!
See below the tested code:
$json = '{"count":459,"results":[{"title":"Something ...."}],"params":{"limit": "foo"},"type":"Listing","pagination":{"foo":5}}';
$decoded = json_decode($json);
So you can access array results from the object $decoded:
print_r($decoded->results);
But, in the array, there are objects, thus:
echo $decoded->results[0]->title; // Something ....
Related
I have a string on my databas, that I'm trying to insert into a json object as an Array, not a string..:
$arrayInString = "[2,3,5,5,6]"; // this comes from the database
$jsonObject = array('numbers' => $arrayInString);
$json = json_encode($jsonObject, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES);
echo $json;
When I execute this.. my Json object is..
numbers: "[2,3,5,5,6]";
and not
numbers: [2,3,5,5,6];
Like I originally wanted.. can't get this to work, can anyone help?
Like was said you need to decode the passed data from the database and then build your array output. Something like this:
$arrayInString = "[2,3,5,5,6]"; // this comes from the database
// decode the JSON from the database as we build the array that will be converted back to json
$jsonObject = array('numbers' => json_decode($arrayInString));
echo json_encode($jsonObject, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES);
The slightly modified code above outputs:
{"numbers":[2,3,5,5,6]}
You need to json_decode your $arrayInString variable before you add it to the associative array.
I'm writing a simple PHP script that makes an API call that returns JSON. However, I'm having trouble figuring out how to take that JSON string, convert it into a dictionary, and access nested dictionaries/data within it.
Here's what I have so far:
<?php
$id = $_REQUEST['id'];
$url = http://exampleURLThatReturnsJSONString.com
$rawData = file_get_contents($url);
I've read that you should use something like $decodedData = json_decode($rawData)
, but I'm not sure what to do next, especially if I want to access nested dictionaries with a key like Schedule.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
json_decode($json, $assoc = false) converts the json string into an object by default, or into an array if you specify $assoc = true
If you have $assoc = false then you must access the values by $decoded_data->key. Whereas if you have $assoc = true then you can do $decoded_data['key']
You can just access the decoded data like this:
echo $decodedData['key'];
This wil echo the value of the item in the dictionary with key 'key'. Nested values can be accessed like this:
echo $decodedData['key1']['key2']['...'];
You can always use var_dump to show what's inside the result. Also, read the documentation on json_decode for more information.
json_decode return array or object to which access is like to array.
http://php.net/manual/en/function.json-decode.php
I'm trying to decode the following JSON using php json_decode function.
[{"total_count":17}]
I think the square brackets in output is preventing it. How do I get around that? I can't control the output because it is coming from Facebook FQL query:
https://api.facebook.com/method/fql.query?format=json&query=SELECT%20total_count%20FROM%20link_stat%20WHERE%20url=%22http://www.apple.com%22
PHP's json_decode returns an instance of stdClass by default.
For you, it's probably easier to deal with array. You can force PHP to return arrays, as a second parameter to json_decode:
$var = json_decode('[{"total_count":17}]', true);
After that, you can access the variable as $result[0]['total_count']
See this JS fiddle for an example of how to read it:
http://jsfiddle.net/8V4qP/1
It's basically the same code for PHP, except you need to pass true as your second argument to json_decode to tell php you want to use it as associative arrays instead of actual objects:
<?php
$result = json_decode('[{"total_count":17}]', true);
print $result[0]['total_count'];
?>
if you don't pass true, you would have to access it like this: $result[0]->total_count because it is an array containing an object, not an array containing an array.
$json = "[{\"total_count\":17}]";
$arr = Jason_decode($json);
foreach ($arr as $obj) {
echo $obj->total_count . "<br>";
}
Or use json_decode($json, true) if you want associative arrays instead of objects.
I'm getting below JSON response:
[{"startDate":"2012-07-12 11:21:38 +0530","totalTime":0},{"startDate":"2012-07-11 11:27:33 +0530","totalTime":0},{"startDate":"2012-07-16 18:38:37 +0530","totalTime":0},{"startDate":"2012-07-17 14:18:32 +0530","totalTime":0}]
i want make array of start date and totalTime, i have used these two lines but it wont work $obj, please suggest..
$obj = json_decode($dateTimeArr);
$dateAr = $obj->{'startDate'};
As everyone said, and you did - use json_decode.
$dateArrays = json_decode($dateTimeArr, true); // decode JSON to associative array
foreach($dateArrays as $dateArr){
echo $dateArr['startDate'];
echo $dateArr['totalTime'];
}
In future, if you are unsure what type or structure of data is in the variable, do var_dump($var) and it will print type of variable and its content.
It is very easy:
$Arr = json_decode($JSON, true);
json_decode() will give you nested PHP types you can then descend to retrieve your data.
use json_decode($json_response,true) to convert json to Array
Guess what you are looking for is json_decode()
Check out http://php.net/manual/en/function.json-decode.php for the inner workings
I am trying to read certain values from a json string in php, I am able to do a simple json string with only one value such as
$json = '{"value":"somevalue"}';
Using this:
<?php
$json = '{"value":"somevalue"}';
$obj = json_decode(json_encode($json));
print $obj->{'value'};
?>
But when i try an get a value from the following json string it throws an error...
$json = '{"field": "title","rule": {"required": "true","minlength": "4","maxlength": "150" }}';
I validated the json on JSONlint but not sure how to access the values within this with php.
Thanks
You can try this:
$json = '{"field": "title","rule": {"required": "true","minlength": "4","maxlength": "150" }}';
//since $json is a valid json format you needn't encode and decode it again
$obj = json_decode($json);
print_r($obj->filed);
print_r($obj->rule);
You can pass true as a second parameter to json_decode() to get the results as an array
$my_arr = json_decode($json, true);
var_dump($my_arr);
Should help you. You can then step through the array as you would normally.
use var_dump to print out the object with all it's members and hierarchy. you should then be able to find the value you are looking for