Parsing particular value in JSON via PHP from Mapquest API - php

Question

I am having trouble targeting the particular value in the array. I am trying to target the 'lng' and 'lat'. I feel like I'm close, and have tried several different ways to target. Currently trying this:
$json = file_get_contents($jsonurl);
$output = json_decode($json, true);
$latitude=$output['results']['locations']['latLng'][0];
$longitude=$output['results']['locations']['latLng'][1];
The JSON is:
array(3) {
["results"]=>
array(1) {
[0]=>
array(2) {
["locations"]=>
array(1) {
[0]=>
array(19) {
["latLng"]=>
array(2) {
["lng"]=>
float(-122.5008)
["lat"]=>
float(47.2629)
}
["adminArea4"]=>
string(13) "Pierce County"
["adminArea5Type"]=>
string(4) "City"
["adminArea4Type"]=>
string(6) "County"
["adminArea5"]=>
string(6) "Tacoma"
["street"]=>
string(0) ""
["adminArea1"]=>
string(2) "US"
["adminArea3"]=>
string(2) "WA"
["type"]=>
string(1) "s"
["displayLatLng"]=>
array(2) {
["lng"]=>
float(-122.5008)
["lat"]=>
float(47.2629)
}
["linkId"]=>
int(0)
["postalCode"]=>
string(5) "98406"
["sideOfStreet"]=>
string(1) "N"
["dragPoint"]=>
bool(false)
["adminArea1Type"]=>
string(7) "Country"
["geocodeQuality"]=>
string(3) "ZIP"
["geocodeQualityCode"]=>
string(5) "Z1XAA"
["mapUrl"]=>
string(186) "http://www.mapquestapi.com/staticmap/v4/getmap?key=Fmjtd|luub2gu2ll,7w=o5-9uaauz&type=map&size=225,160&pois=purple-1,47.2629,-122.5008,0,0|&center=47.2629,-122.5008&zoom=12&rand=-8386350"
["adminArea3Type"]=>
string(5) "State"
}
}
["providedLocation"]=>
array(1) {
["location"]=>
string(5) "98406"
}
}
}
["options"]=>
array(3) {
["ignoreLatLngInput"]=>
bool(false)
["maxResults"]=>
int(-1)
["thumbMaps"]=>
bool(true)
}
["info"]=>
array(3) {
["copyright"]=>
array(3) {
["text"]=>
string(22) "© 2013 MapQuest, Inc."
["imageUrl"]=>
string(35) "http://api.mqcdn.com/res/mqlogo.gif"
["imageAltText"]=>
string(22) "© 2013 MapQuest, Inc."
}
["statuscode"]=>
int(0)
["messages"]=>
array(0) {
}
}
}

Answer 1

Try
$latitude=$output['results'][0]['locations'][0]['latLng']['lat'];
$longitude=$output['results'][0]['locations'][0]['latLng']['lng'];