How to customize json response? - php

Question

I request a JSON query and get the output, I want to parse that output and show it in tabular form also want to insert it into database.
I performed following php code to get array representation of JSON data.
echo '<pre>';
print_r( json_decode( $result ) );
echo '</pre>';
and I get following output:
stdClass Object
(
[request] => stdClass Object
(
[Target] => Affiliate_Report
[Format] => json
[Service] => HasOffers
[Version] => 3
[Method] => getConversions
[api_key] =>
[NetworkId] =>
[limit] => 2
[fields] => Array
(
[0] => Offer.name
[1] => Browser.display_name
[2] => Stat.payout
[3] => Stat.sale_amount
[4] => Stat.status
[5] => Stat.datetime
[6] => Stat.ip
[7] => Stat.ad_id
[8] => Stat.affiliate_info1
)
)
[response] => stdClass Object
(
[status] => 1
[httpStatus] => 200
[data] => stdClass Object
(
[page] => 1
[current] => 2
[count] => 81
[pageCount] => 41
[data] => Array
(
[0] => stdClass Object
(
[Offer] => stdClass Object
(
[name] => Myntra (CPS)
)
[Browser] => stdClass Object
(
[display_name] => Firefox
)
[Stat] => stdClass Object
(
[payout] => 150.00000
[sale_amount] => 0.00000
[status] => approved
[datetime] => 2014-05-20 22:20:05
[ip] => 27.0.50.82
[ad_id] => 102fa12e74df6018e502d8e152adb2
[affiliate_info1] =>
)
)
[1] => stdClass Object
(
[Offer] => stdClass Object
(
[name] => Myntra (CPS)
)
[Browser] => stdClass Object
(
[display_name] => Firefox
)
[Stat] => stdClass Object
(
[payout] => 150.00000
[sale_amount] => 53.00000
[status] => rejected
[datetime] => 2014-03-30 13:14:50
[ip] => 27.0.51.145
[ad_id] => 102be1d682ac9b2e9ee8e14dd1aeca
[affiliate_info1] =>
)
)
)
[dbSource] => branddb
)
[errors] => Array
(
)
[errorMessage] =>
)
)
I want to display above data into tabular form.
Code used by me:
$result = file_get_contents($base);
$obj = json_decode($result, true);
<?php foreach ($obj['response'] as $licenseElement) :?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $licenseElement->data->Offer->name; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $licenseElement->Stat->payout; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $licenseElement->Stat->sale_amount; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $licenseElement->Stat->datetime; ?></td>
</tr>
<?php endforeach; ?>
This code returns me an error Trying to get property of non-object everywhere at echo syntax.
Please help me to parse the above json output and display it in proper tabular format.

Answer 1

you are iterating over wrong object, you need to loop over $obj->response->data->data object to get what you are seeking
<?php foreach ($obj->response->data->data as $licenseElement) :?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $licenseElement->Offer->name; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $licenseElement->Stat->payout; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $licenseElement->Stat->sale_amount; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $licenseElement->Stat->datetime; ?></td>
</tr>
<?php endforeach; ?>

Answer 2

You are not getting to the right level in the object hierarchy. Try with
foreach($obj->response->data->data as $licenseElement) { ... }

Answer 3

$result = file_get_contents($base);
$obj = json_decode($result, true);
<?php foreach ($obj['response']->data->data as $licenseElement) :?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $licenseElement->data->Offer->name; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $licenseElement->Stat->payout; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $licenseElement->Stat->sale_amount; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $licenseElement->Stat->datetime; ?></td>
</tr>
<?php endforeach; ?>
This code should work.
What you are trying to do is that you have considered the response as an array but the print_r functions lets us know wether your data is an array or an object.
It says StdClass Object thats why we need the "->" sign to refer to it.
All i have changed is the foreach($obj['response']->data->data as $licenseElement)
We also need to check the levels , here we are 3 levels in. :)
Hope this helps.