Getting multiple keys' values from JSON with PHP - php

Question

I am trying to extract team names, players name from this json. but get no resul.
My json file looks like. any idea where I am wrong ?
{"items":[
{"_id":305501,"id":"305501","created_at":"2015-10-19T19:57:02+13:00","updated_at":"2015-10-19T21:34:50+13:00","name":"Match in progress","verification_level":0,
"club_one":{"name":"Degree Club","id":14748,
"team":{"name":"Degree College XI","id":13009,"avatar":"/original/team/default_thumb.png",
"players":[
{"id":null,"name":"D Vinaya"},
{"id":617744,"name":"V Avika"},
{"id":617745,"name":"C Rumes"},
{"id":1360372,"name":"R Ferdo"}
],
"innings":[{"overs":34,"over_balls":0,"runs":99,"wickets":7}]
}
},
"club_two":{"name":"George Club","id":147736,
"team":{"name":"George College XI","id":154503,"avatar":"/original/team/default_thumb.png",
"players":[
{"id":null,"name":"M Premathe†"},
{"id":null,"name":"S Tion"},
{"id":null,"name":"N Perra"},
{"id":1400317,"name":"S Ren"}
],
"innings":[]
}
},
"processed":true,"visible":true,"match_level":{"name":null,"id":null}
}
],
"meta":{"total_pages":1}
}
and here is the php code.
$json_file = json_decode($load_json);
foreach ($items as $item) {
echo $item->$json_file->_id;
echo $item->$json_file->club_one;
echo $item->$json_file->club_two;
}

Answer 1

You are doing it wrong. As far as your json is concerned, loop it like this
$json_file = json_decode($json);
foreach ($json_file->items as $item) {
echo $item->id;
echo $item->club_one->name;
echo $item->club_two->name;
}