How to decode a JSON string in PHP?

Question

I have a JSON string that looks something like this:

{\"addresses\":{\"address\":[{\"@array\":\"true\",\"@id\":\"888888\",\"@uri\":\"xyz\",\"household\":{\"@         


        

Answer 1

print_r is your friend for figuring out JSON structure.

<?php

$addresses = json_decode('{"addresses":{"address":[{"@array":"true","@id":"888888","@uri":"xyz","household":{"@id":"44444","@uri":"xyz"},"person":{"@id":"","@uri":""},"addressType":{"@id":"1","@uri":"xyz","name":"Primary"},"address1":"xyz","address2":null,"address3":null,"city":"xyz","postalCode":"111111"}]}}');

$_SESSION['address1'] = $addresses->addresses->address[0]->address1;
$_SESSION['address2'] = $addresses->addresses->address[0]->address2;
$_SESSION['address3'] = $addresses->addresses->address[0]->address3;
$_SESSION['city'] = $addresses->addresses->address[0]->city;
$_SESSION['postalCode'] = $addresses->addresses->address[0]->postalCode;

print_r($_SESSION);

Results in:

Array
(
    [address1] => xyz
    [address2] => 
    [address3] => 
    [city] => xyz
    [postalCode] => 111111
)

Answer 2

Maybe try $results['addresses']['address']['address1'];

Not sure why you're using strstr. but it doesn't look like it'd change anything in this instance.

Answer 3

json_decode will decode a json-formatted string into a PHP object.

Try this:

$results = json_decode($address);
$results['address1'] = $results->addresses->address[0]->address1;
$results['address2'] = $results->addresses->address[0]->address2;
$results['address3'] = $results->addresses->address[0]->address3;
$results['city'] = $results->addresses->address[0]->city;
$results['postalCode'] = $results->addresses->address[0]->postalCode;

Edit - updated, I misread your JSON at first.

Answer 4

you can use print_r to output the $results to find out exactly what the object output looks like.

Answer 5

If you do print_r of your array, you see how the layout is:

stdClass Object
(
  [addresses] => stdClass Object
    (
      [address] => Array
        (
          [0] => stdClass Object
            (
              [@array] => true
              [@id] => 888888
              [@uri] => xyz
              [household] => stdClass Object
                (
                  [@id] => 44444
                  [@uri] => xyz
                )

              [person] => stdClass Object
                (
                  [@id] => 
                  [@uri] => 
                )

              [addressType] => stdClass Object
                (
                  [@id] => 1
                  [@uri] => xyz
                  [name] => Primary
                )

              [address1] => xyz
              [address2] => 
              [address3] => 
              [city] => xyz
              [postalCode] => 111111
            )
        )
    )
)

Answer 6

This one will put all scalar and null values into session where key does not begin with a @

$jsonString = '{"addresses":{"address":[{"@array":"true","@id":"888888","@uri":"xyz","household":{"@id":"44444","@uri":"xyz"},"person":{"@id":"","@uri":""},"addressType":{"@id":"1","@uri":"xyz","name":"Primary"},"address1":"xyz","address2":null,"address3":null,"city":"xyz","postalCode":"111111"}]}}';

$result = json_decode($jsonString);

// will put *all* scalar and null values into session where key does not begin with a @
foreach($result->addresses->address[0] as $key=>$value) {
    if (substr($key, 0, 1) != '@'  && (is_scalar($value) || is_null($value)) ) {
        $_SESSION[$key] = $value;
    } 
}

print_r($_SESSION);

?>