Decode json in php and create variables - php

Question

I a trying to decode a json callback.
The json code is posted to callback.php - Here is an example of the json:
{
"order": {
"id": "5RTQNACF",
"created_at": "2012-12-09T21:23:41-08:00",
"status": "completed",
"total_btc": {
"cents": 100000000,
"currency_iso": "BTC"
},
"total_native": {
"cents": 1253,
"currency_iso": "USD"
},
"custom": "order1234",
"receive_address": "1NhwPYPgoPwr5hynRAsto5ZgEcw1LzM3My",
"button": {
"type": "buy_now",
"name": "Alpaca Socks",
"description": "The ultimate in lightweight footwear",
"id": "5d37a3b61914d6d0ad15b5135d80c19f"
},
"transaction": {
"id": "514f18b7a5ea3d630a00000f",
"hash": "4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b",
"confirmations": 0
},
"customer": {
"email": "coinbase#example.com",
"shipping_address": [
"John Smith",
"123 Main St.",
"Springfield, OR 97477",
"United States"
]
}
}
}
I can echo the json and get the following response:
{"order""id":null,"created_at":null,"status":"completed","total_btc":{"cents":100000000,"currency_iso":"BTC"},"total_native":{"cents":83433,"currency_iso":"USD"},"custom":"123456789","receive_address":"1A2qsxGHo9KjtWBTnAopTwUiBQf2w6yRNr","button":{"type":"buy_now","name":"Test Item","description":null,"id":null},"transaction":{"id":"52d064b59eeb59985e00002c","hash":"4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b","confirmations":0}}}
However if I try to decode the json using the following:
$array = json_decode($jsonString, true);
echo $array;
I get the following response: "200 Array"
I want to be able turn each json parameter in to a php variable.

Answer 1

You can access the variables within $array, for example by doing:
echo $array['custom']; // prints out "order1234"
You don't want to extract the variables directly into the local lexical scope of your program as that would create security concerns. Just use the data as indicated in the snippet above.