How to read json out in php as a string? [duplicate] - php

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I have a string which I got from an api. Now I want to extract useful data from this string. This output is a result of Json query.
the string is
{"PR":{"Url":"http://www.ididthisfilm.com/lex_tmp2/custom-form/","Domain":"http://www.ididthisfilm.com","Title":"Lexicon Of Sustainability – Custom Form","Description":"Welcome to THE LIST EDIT FORM","Pictures":[{"Url":"http://www.ididthisfilm.com/lex_tmp2/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Lexicon_logo_new_BETA.png","Alt":"Lexicon Of Sustainability","Title":"","SourceType":1,"Width":0,"Height":0,"ParsedAspectRatio":0}],"Videos":[],"AuthorName":null,"ExtraInfo":null},"EM":null}`
How can I get title and description and url in different variables so that I can use them in php.

Answer 1

use built-in function json_decode and you will get the JSON object.
$str=<<<CODE
{"PR":{"Url":"http://www.ididthisfilm.com/lex_tmp2/custom-form/","Domain":"http://www.ididthisfilm.com","Title":"Lexicon Of Sustainability - Custom Form","Description":"Welcome to THE LIST EDIT FORM","Pictures":[{"Url":"http://www.ididthisfilm.com/lex_tmp2/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Lexicon_logo_new_BETA.png","Alt":"Lexicon Of Sustainability","Title":"","SourceType":1,"Width":0,"Height":0,"ParsedAspectRatio":0}],"Videos":[],"AuthorName":null,"ExtraInfo":null},"EM":null}
CODE;
print_r( json_decode($str) );
which outputs
stdClass Object
(
[PR] => stdClass Object
(
[Url] => http://www.ididthisfilm.com/lex_tmp2/custom-form/
[Domain] => http://www.ididthisfilm.com
[Title] => Lexicon Of Sustainability – Custom Form
[Description] => Welcome to THE LIST EDIT FORM
[Pictures] => Array
(
[0] => stdClass Object
(
[Url] => http://www.ididthisfilm.com/lex_tmp2/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Lexicon_logo_new_BETA.png
[Alt] => Lexicon Of Sustainability
[Title] =>
[SourceType] => 1
[Width] => 0
[Height] => 0
[ParsedAspectRatio] => 0
)
)
[Videos] => Array
(
)
[AuthorName] =>
[ExtraInfo] =>
)
[EM] =>
)
if any error occurs, try this: json_last_error()