How to decode a json response from API

Question

I am calling data from an API like this:

$curl = curl_init();
//adding fields to the curl object to enter the site
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $my_url);
curl         


        

Answer 1

Not sure why is not working for you. When the json string is in the code it does work.

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Btw my version

PHP 5.6.30 (cli) (built: Aug  8 2017 12:20:45)