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

Use json_decode(). If you want to view the php object so you can better understand how to use it, try

echo '<pre>';
echo print_r(json_decode($jsonStr, true));
echo '</pre>';

Answer 2

You can use json_decode() method

Please refer this link http://php.net/manual/en/function.json-decode.php

Answer 3

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

<?php

$json = '[{"id":1,"name":"Books","description":null,"reference":null,"status":"active","category":{"id":"5048","name":"Ventas"},"price":[{"idPriceList":"1","name":"General","type":"amount","price":"200.0000"}],"tax":[]},{"id":2,"name":"pencil","description":null,"reference":null,"status":"active","category":{"id":"5048","name":"Ventas"},"price":[{"idPriceList":"1","name":"General","type":"amount","price":"5000.0000"}],"tax":[]}]';

$arr = json_decode($json, true);

$id = $arr[0]['id'];
$name = $arr[0]['name'];
print("$id $name\n");

Ouput:

1 Books

Btw my version

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