Get specific text from JSON file - php

Question

I am looking for this type of text in a json file:
{"id":"*****number*******","name":"****namehere******"}
For example:
{"id":"100007015692915","name":"Ida Ka"}
The JSON file is a complicated JSON file that looks like this (this is part of the JSON file):
updated_time":"2014-02-19T15:15:31+0000","likes":{"data":[{"id":"1487307502","name":"Svatava Dohnalov\u00e1"},{"id":"662920773","name":"Alena Al Hr\u010dkov\u00e1"},{"id":"100007015692915","name":"Ida Ka"},{"id":"100000533191263","name":"Zlati V\u00e1\u0148ov\u00e1"},{"id":"1658256962","name":"Ji\u0159\u00ed Jager"},{"id":"1054706643","name":"Pavla Bubikova Winter"}],"paging":
How can I recover all of these names and ids from a JSON file, and put them in an array?
I am using PHP and the solution would include regex probably.

Answer 1

You're looking for json_decode.
$json = '{"id":"100007015692915","name":"Ida Ka"}';
$arr = json_decode($json, true);
print_r($arr);
Returns:
Array ( [id] => 100007015692915 [name] => Ida Ka )

Answer 2

$data = json_decode($json, true);
$like_data = $data['likes']['data'];
foreach($like_data as $like) {
echo "ID: {$like['id']} Name: {$like['name']}<br/>";
}

Answer 3

You can use this regex:
"id":"(\d+)","name":"(.*?)"
Check the capturing groups in this working demo
MATCH 1
1. [65-75] `1487307502`
2. [85-107] `Svatava Dohnalov\u00e1`
MATCH 2
1. [117-126] `662920773`
2. [136-162] `Alena Al Hr\u010dkov\u00e1`
MATCH 3
1. [172-187] `100007015692915`
2. [197-203] `Ida Ka`
MATCH 4
1. [213-228] `100000533191263`
2. [238-265] `Zlati V\u00e1\u0148ov\u00e1`
MATCH 5
1. [275-285] `1658256962`
2. [295-315] `Ji\u0159\u00ed Jager`
MATCH 6
1. [325-335] `1054706643`
2. [345-366] `Pavla Bubikova Winter`