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New to php and trying to figure out how to parse API data which is returned in what looks like a weird format. Here is a sample of the data:
[{"campaign_id":"9000","date":"2016-01-11","totalcount":"1838","page":"1","totalpages":1,"index":1,"count":1838},{"video2.stack.com":["84254","105","0","83.71"],...,"zierfischforum.at":["1","0","0","0.00"]}]

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Here is an example of how you can parse your JSON as an array:
$json_string = '[{"campaign_id":"9000","date":"2016-01-11","totalcount":"1838","page":"1","totalpages":1,"index":1,"count":1838},{"video2.stack.com":["84254","105","0","83.71"],"zierfischforum.at":["1","0","0","0.00"]}]';
$json_array = json_decode($json_string, true); // true gets us an array
echo '<pre>';
print_r($json_array);
echo $json_array[1]['video2.stack.com'][0];
Provides the following results:
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[campaign_id] => 9000
[date] => 2016-01-11
[totalcount] => 1838
[page] => 1
[totalpages] => 1
[index] => 1
[count] => 1838
)
[1] => Array
(
[video2.stack.com] => Array
(
[0] => 84254
[1] => 105
[2] => 0
[3] => 83.71
)
[zierfischforum.at] => Array
(
[0] => 1
[1] => 0
[2] => 0
[3] => 0.00
)
)
)
84254
First we output the entire array. Based on data there we are able to single out a value for one of the array parts for video2.stack.com. It is relatively easy to traverse and you should be able extract any information you need. You could even build a recursive search function for your JSON.
NOTE: I removed some of your data(the part ,...) as it made your JSON non-valid.