PHP - Decode JSON

Question

I am trying to get the token held in this variable $data - which I obtained via

$data = json_decode($result, true);

json:

{
    "response": {
        "status": "OK",
        "token": "goog:11229:116ewfd1c0f5c:goog",
        "dbg_info": {
            "instance": "53.google.com",
            "slave_hit": false,
            "db": "master",
            "parent_dbg_info": {
                "instance": "23.google.com",
                "slave_hit": false,
                "db": "master",
                "parent_dbg_info": {
                    "instance": "44.google.com",
                    "slave_hit": false,
                    "db": "master",
                    "time": 212.100215784,
                    "version": "1.19",
                    "warnings": [],
                    "slave_lag": 0,
                    "start_microtime": 123620305.0342
                }

I already decoded the JSON and it's held in $data

I tried to get

echo $data[response]->[token];

and

echo $data[response][token];

show the line of code where you decode json into $data. it matters. — YvesLeBorg, Jan 05 '17 at 12:57
does `$result` contain the json you are quoting in the question ? — YvesLeBorg, Jan 05 '17 at 13:07

Suchit kumar · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-05T16:31:47.987

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Keys should be in quotes. Try like this:

echo $data['response']['token'];

ASSUMING your string like:

         $json='{"response":{"status":"OK","token":"goo:187089:586e5e5cc0666:goo","dbg_info":{"instance":"50.bm-goo.prod.ams1","slave_hit":false,"db":"master","parent_dbg_info":{"instance":"71.goo.prod.nym2","slave_hit":false,"db":"master","parent_dbg_info":{"instance":"44.goo.nym2","slave_hit":false,"db":"master","time":735.19611358643,"version":"1.17","warnings":[],"slave_lag":1,"start_microtime":1483628123.6313},"awesomesauce_cache_used":false,"count_cache_used":false,"uuid":"306aa2c0-f625-55c8-8984-db43b434b289","warnings":[],"time":1451.1139392853,"start_microtime":1483628123.557,"version":"1.17.150","slave_lag":0,"output_term":"not_found"},"awesomesauce_cache_used":false,"count_cache_used":false,"uuid":"48060f64-9b7c-50fd-a243-b17d3064a9a7","warnings":[],"time":1635.9009742737,"start_microtime":1483628123.4259,"version":"1.17.150","slave_lag":1,"output_term":"not_found","master_instance":"71.goo.prod.nym2","proxy":true,"master_time":1451.1139392853}}} ';

$data=json_decode($json,true);
 echo $data['response']['token'];//goog:11229:116ewfd1c0f5c:goog

DEMO

edited Jan 05 '17 at 16:31

answered Jan 05 '17 at 12:55

Suchit kumar

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Cool - when I do this, I output the entire json, not just token. – Cody Raspien Jan 05 '17 at 12:59
@RodrigoBoratto you can check the json here. http://json.parser.online.fr/. The json added in answer is right.copy paste the entire code and run in local to see the output. – Suchit kumar Jan 05 '17 at 13:26
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@RodrigoBoratto then you should comment in question area. – Suchit kumar Jan 05 '17 at 13:28
This is my full JSON http://pastebin.com/tj8RzJSq - I still can't retrieve the token value – Cody Raspien Jan 05 '17 at 14:58
@CodyRaspien i have update the answer with your data You can run the demo link also – Suchit kumar Jan 05 '17 at 16:33

Rodrigo Boratto · Answer 2 · 2017-01-05T13:07:59.413

If you are using JSON_DECODE(var, true) to decode, the result will be an Associative Array (because of true in the second argument), so you have to do this:

echo $data["response"]["token"];

Full Example:

$json = '
{
   "response":{
      "status":"OK",
      "token":"goog:11229:116ewfd1c0f5c:goog",
      "dbg_info":{
         "instance":"53.google.com",
         "slave_hit":false,
         "db":"master",
         "parent_dbg_info":{
            "instance":"23.google.com",
            "slave_hit":false,
            "db":"master",
            "parent_dbg_info":{
               "instance":"44.google.com",
               "slave_hit":false,
               "db":"master",
               "time":212.100215784,
               "version":"1.19",
               "warnings":[

               ],
               "slave_lag":0,
               "start_microtime":123620305.0342
            }
         }
      }
   }
}
';
$data = json_decode($json, true);

echo $data["response"]["token"];

OP said otherwise, decoding as an associative array. – YvesLeBorg Jan 05 '17 at 13:05 — YvesLeBorg, Jan 05 '17 at 13:05
ops! changing for associative then. – Rodrigo Boratto Jan 05 '17 at 13:06 — Rodrigo Boratto, Jan 05 '17 at 13:06

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