Question:

How can I extract and access data from JSON with PHP?

Problem:

This is intended to be a general reference question and answer covering many of the never-ending "How do I access data in my JSON?" questions. It is here to handle the broad basics of decoding JSON in PHP and accessing the results.

I have the JSON:

{

"type": "donut",

"name": "Cake",

"toppings": [

{ "id": "5002", "type": "Glazed" },

{ "id": "5006", "type": "Chocolate with Sprinkles" },

{ "id": "5004", "type": "Maple" }

]

}

How do I decode this in PHP and access the resulting data?

Solution:

<?php

$jsonData = '{

"type": "donut",

"name": "Cake",

"toppings": [

{ "id": "5002", "type": "Glazed" },

{ "id": "5006", "type": "Chocolate with Sprinkles" },

{ "id": "5004", "type": "Maple" }

]

}';

// Decode the JSON

$data = json_decode($jsonData, true);

// Access the data

$type = $data['type'];

$name = $data['name'];

$toppings = $data['toppings'];

// Access individual topping details

$firstTopping = $toppings[0];

$firstToppingId = $firstTopping['id'];

$firstToppingType = $firstTopping['type'];

// Print the data

echo "Type: $type\n";

echo "Name: $name\n";

echo "First Topping ID: $firstToppingId\n";

echo "First Topping Type: $firstToppingType\n";

In this example, json_decode() is used to decode the JSON data into a PHP associative array. You can then access the individual elements of the array as you would with any PHP array.

Answered by: >Jatin Dahiya

Credit: >StackOverflow

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