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I use some website that give me information about IP but the information that that website return in JSON and I don't know the JSON. I want to use this to check the user if it is from IR do something but I dont know how to use JSON in php,
Here is the JSON that the website return:
{"address":"0.0.0.0.0","country":"IR","stateprov":"somewhere ","city":"Tehr\somewhere (somewhere)"}
I want to save the country in a variable and add this code to my website:
<?php
if($country == 'IR'){
//Do somethong
}
$country is the country name that return from the website,

Answer 1

You'll need to use json_decode().
$s = '{"address":"0.0.0.0.0","country":"IR","stateprov":"somewhere ","city":"Tehrsomewhere (somewhere)"}';
$d = json_decode($s);
Which returns:
stdClass Object
(
[address] => 0.0.0.0.0
[country] => IR
[stateprov] => somewhere
[city] => Tehrsomewhere (somewhere)
)
That would allow you to check the country/other fields like this:
if($d->country == 'IR') {
// do something
}
NOTE: you had an error (invalid json) in your "city" field, the \ makes it invalid.
Example
You can ensure that your json is valid by checking it at JSON Lint.

Answer 2

I think you are looking for the function json_decode.It decodes the JSON string
See the documentation here

Answer 3

You have to first decode this json string.
$data = '{"address":"0.0.0.0.0","country":"IR","stateprov":"somewhere ","city":"Tehr\somewhere (somewhere)"}';
$decodeData = json_decode($data);
Then use this decode json string in php like this.
if($decodeData->country == 'IR'){
//Do somethong
}

Answer 4

First of all i would like to inform you that given json is not valid. "city" : "Tehr\somewhere (somewhere)" is not valid because of "\".
So change it into below given format.
$jsonEncode = { "address": "0.0.0.0.0","country": "IR","stateprov": "somewhere ","city": "There somewhere (somewhere)"}
$jsonDecode = json_decode($jsonEncode,true);
Now you will get the value in array format.
Array(
[address] => 0.0.0.0.0
[country] => IR
[stateprov] => somewhere
[city] => There somewhere (somewhere)
);
print_r($jsonDecode['city']); will give you city name or details