Grabbing data from steamapi (json) and importing it to mysql - php

Question

I can't quite figure out how to import data from remote json (steamapi) into MySql.
<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX","XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX");
mysql_select_db('XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX',$con);
$url = "http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUser/GetPlayerSummaries/v0002/?key=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX&steamids=76561198033811393";
$json = file_get_contents($url);
$result = json_decode($json);
foreach($result as $key => $value)
{
if($value)
{
mysql_query("INSERT INTO steam (steamid,
communityvisibilitystate,
profilestate)
VALUES ($value->steamid,
$value->communityvisibilitystate,
$value->profilestate)");
}
mysql_close($con);
}
?>
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Answer 1

You can read each player using $data->response->players, it will be assigned to $player where then, you can directly access their object like $player->steamid. See below example:
$data = json_decode($json);
foreach($data->response->players as $player)
{
echo $player->steamid, "\n\n";
}
I also suggest you change your query like this:
$query = sprintf("INSERT INTO steam (steamid,
communityvisibilitystate,
profilestate) VALUES ('%s','%s','%s')",
mysql_real_escape_string($player->steamid),
mysql_real_escape_string($player->communityvisibilitystate),
mysql_real_escape_string($player->profilestate));
To prevent any further issues like broken strings or injections.
Resulting code for the SQL part would be:
// Build the query
$query = sprintf("INSERT INTO steam (steamid,
communityvisibilitystate,
profilestate) VALUES ('%s','%s','%s')",
mysql_real_escape_string($player->steamid),
mysql_real_escape_string($player->communityvisibilitystate),
mysql_real_escape_string($player->profilestate));
// Perform Query
$insert = mysql_query($query);
// Check result
// This shows the actual query sent to MySQL, and the error. Useful for debugging.
if (!$insert)
{
echo 'Invalid query: ' . mysql_error() . "\n";
echo 'Whole query: ' . $query . "\n";
echo "------------------\n";
}
Given your actual code it would look like this:
<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX","XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX");
mysql_select_db('XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX',$con);
$url = "http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUser/GetPlayerSummaries/v0002/?key=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX&steamids=76561198033811393";
$json = file_get_contents($url);
$data = json_decode($json);
foreach($data->response->players as $player)
{
// Build the query
$query = sprintf("INSERT INTO steam (steamid,
communityvisibilitystate,
profilestate) VALUES ('%s','%s','%s')",
mysql_real_escape_string($player->steamid),
mysql_real_escape_string($player->communityvisibilitystate),
mysql_real_escape_string($player->profilestate));
// Perform Query
$insert = mysql_query($query);
// Check result
// This shows the actual query sent to MySQL, and the error. Useful for debugging.
if (!$insert)
{
echo 'Invalid query: ' . mysql_error() . "\n";
echo 'Whole query: ' . $query . "\n";
echo "------------------\n";
}
}
mysql_close($con);

Answer 2

Use this
<?php
$id = $_GET['id'];
$key = 'xxx';
$link = file_get_contents('http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUser/GetPlayerSummaries/v0002/?key=' . $key . '&steamids=76561198033811393&format=json');
$myarray = json_decode($link, true);
$result = $myarray['response']['players'][0];
echo $result->steamid;
?>
if you get more then one result use foreach format given below
$result = $myarray['response']['players'];
foreach($result as $key => $value)
{
echo $value->steamid."<br>";
}