PHP foreach loop JSON - php

Question

I know there are like hundreds similar questions on this site, but I just can't get my code working...
I have this JSON
{
"version":"1.0.0",
"buildDate":20131029,
"buildTime":165127,
"lockPath":"..\\var\\lock",
"scriptPath":"..\\var\\lock",
"connections":
[
{
"name":"o016561",
"bez":"GEW-NRW",
"type":"OVPN"
},
{
"name":"o016482",
"bez":"GEW-BW",
"type":"OVPN"
},
{
"name":"o019998",
"bez":"GEW-SH",
"type":"OVPN"
}
]}
how can I access the "name" values to check if there's an existing file with an equal name?
I tried
$json_config_data = json_decode(file_get_contents($json_path,true));
foreach($json_config_data->connections as $connectionName)
{
if($connectionName->name == $fileName)
{
$status = 1;
}
else
{
$status = 0;
}
}
but I always get $status = 0...
I think there's an easy solution for this, but I'm pretty new to PHP so I'd be glad for any kind of help.
Thanks in advice

Answer 1

You're resetting the value of $status for every iteration which means that the last connection HAS to be the correct one. You're probably looking for a break statement.
$json_config_data = json_decode(file_get_contents($json_path,true));
$status = 0; //Default to 0
foreach($json_config_data->connections as $connectionName)
{
if($connectionName->name == $fileName)
{
$status = 1;
break; //End the loop
}
}

Answer 2

This would only result in $status == 1 if the final name matched your requirements; otherwise you're setting $status back to 0. You should break out of the loop when you find a match:
$status = 0;
foreach ($json_config_data->connections as $connectionName) {
if ($connectionName->name == $fileName) {
$status = 1;
break; // this breaks out of the foreach loop
}
}