How can I parse this JSON with PHP? - php

Question

How can I parse this JSON, which is supposed to display the items a user has in their Steam inventory.
I have tried this:
$data = file_get_contents('http://steamcommunity.com/id/Mitch8910/inventory/json/440/2/');
$json = json_decode($data);
echo $data;
It returns the same as just visiting the link. I can't get anything like this to work either:
$id = $json->type;
echo $type;

Answer 1

This is how to get type
$data = file_get_contents('http://steamcommunity.com/id/Mitch8910/inventory/json/440/2/');
$json = json_decode($data);
foreach ($json->rgDescriptions as $mydata)
{
echo $mydata->type;
}

Answer 2

$data = file_get_contents('http://steamcommunity.com/id/Mitch8910/inventory/json/440/2/');
$json = json_decode($data);
echo $data;
you are echoing $data that is your input (so you see the same as opening the link directly). To see if the json_decode is working fine you should print $json.
So instead of
echo $data;
use
echo '<pre>'
print_r($json);
echo '</pre>';

Answer 3

$data = file_get_contents('http://steamcommunity.com/id/Mitch8910/inventory/json/440/2/');
$json = json_decode($data);
Now $json has 2 objects.
you can access like.
$json->rgInventory;
$json->success;
if you want to fetch all data from $json->rgInventory;
foreach($json->rgInventory as $e){
//var_dump($e);
echo $e->id;
echo $e->classid;
echo $e->instanceid;
}
etc.