PHP: Extract value from JSON array

Question

I have an API that takes parameters from a post through JSON and I want to extract one of the values in an array for a key value pair. However, despite many attempts, I can\'t

Answer 1

From your code above $json is a string and not a json object, your should use $request to access numberofhits

$request['numberofhits']

Answer 2

If your $parameters just shows {"numberofhits":"5"}, this means your post request just returned a json of a json. Try json decoding $parameters again like json_decode($parameters, true); and log that result. It should log the desired array.