Multiple API Calls in a Class - php

Question

I am trying to make multiple API requests and I have to make the request in different functions that are within a class like so:
class exampleClass
{
function callFunction1 () {
// stuff that makes a call
return $json;
}
function printStuffOut() {
$jsonStuff = $this->callFunction1();
$$jsonStuff->{'result'}[0]->{'fieldName'};
}
function printStuffOut2() {
$jsonStuff = $this->callFunction1();
$jsonStuff->{'result'}[0]->{'fieldName'};
}
}
Am I making two separate API calls?
If I am, is there a way to store that API call information say in an array then use that array in all the other functions in my class?

Answer 1

Answer to first question: Yes you are, each time the method is called it executes all its definition again.
Answer to second question: Yes there is, so called member properties. You can read up about them in the PHP manual here: PHP Manual: Properties

Answer 2

You are making two API calls, but you don't have to.
You can put the contents of a call into a member variable in the class with a default value of NULL, and if you want, you can check if that member variable is NULL before making an API call. For example;
class exampleClass
{
private $api_json = NULL;
private function call_api()
{
if(is_null($this->api_json))
{
$json = // result of api call;
$this->api_json = $json;
}
return $this->api_json;
}
public function printStuffOut() {
$jsonStuff = $this->call_api();
$jsonStuff->{'result'}[0]->{'fieldName'};
}
public function printStuffOut2() {
$jsonStuff = $this->call_api();
$jsonStuff->{'result'}[0]->{'fieldName'};
}
}

Answer 3

You can use following class to achieve multiple API simultaneously/instantly/at once.
Click here to get a class.
How to use it?
Step 1: Get object.
//SANI: GET DATA
$obj = new multiapi();
Step 2: Make a multiple GET Requests.
$obj->data = array(YOUR_URL_1,YOUR_URL_2, OUR_URL_3);
$result = $obj->get_process_requests();
print_r($result);
Step 3: Make a multiple HTTP POST Requests.
//SANI: Request with params only
$obj->data[0]['url'] = 'YOUR_URL_ONE';
$obj->data[0]['post'] = array();
$obj->data[0]['post']['param_1'] = 'param_value_1';
$obj->data[0]['post']['param_2'] = 'param_value_2';