parse json in php, json objects and json arrays [duplicate]

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How to parse a JSON string using PHP

this is my data object

{
 "data": {
 "translations": [
 {
 "translatedText": "Hallo Welt"
 },
 {
 "translatedText": "Hallo Berlin"
 }
 ]
 }
}

how do I parse this using PHP?

this is a jsonObject that contains jsonObject("data") that contains jsonArray that contains jsonObjects at each index that contains key/value "translatedText"

this is what I have and my assumption

$jsonResult = json_decode($data);
$translated_text = $jsonResult->data->translations[0]->translatedText;`

• PeeHaa: Have you tried: json_decode()?
• PeeHaa: Have you tried: var_dump($jsonResult);?
• Reactgular: Actually, this is a fair question. If you come to PHP from other languages PHP handles JSON differently. There are no jsonArray or jsonObject types in PHP (like in Java or C#).

Answer 1

$array = json_decode($json_element, true);

to make associative array.

Answer 2

I'm think this is what it would be. json_decode does not parse to a PHP object, but to just an array.

$jsonResult = json_decode($data);
$translated_text = $jsonResult['data']['translations'][0]['translatedText'];

Answer 3

$array = json_decode($json_element);