php multidimensional array from json

Question

The request sample of an API is as follows:

{
 "channel":"sms",
 "source":"+1xxxxxxxx6",
 "destination":[
 "+1xxxxxxxx"
 ],
 "content":{
 "text":"Hey, Peter. It's Rick.",
 "location":{
 "longitude":"XX.9716",
 "latitude":"XX.5946",
 "label":"California",
 "address":"Test Address"
 },
 "media":{
 "url":"https://media.example.com/file",
 "caption":"your media file"
 }
 },
 "events_url":"https://events.example.com/message"
}

Being a newbie, I am having difficulty in setting up the setContent, i tried the following and it results in error:

 ->setChannel("XXXXXX") 
 ->setSource("+XXXXXXX") 
 ->setDestination(["+1XXXXXXXX"])
 ->setContent(["media"]["url"] => "https://Big_buck_bunny_poster_big.jpg",
"caption" => "My media file test"]) 
 ->setEventsUrl("example.com/events");

Error is as follows: Error: PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '=>' (T_DOUBLE_ARROW), expecting ']' in

->setContent(["text" => "This is test message 3"]) works fine..

I know that this is something basic but being a newbie i can't figure it out. Requesting help.

UPDATE: Error in documentation

• Back2Lobby: The brackets "]" at the end of "My media file test" does not starts anywhere
• Pamela: The issue was due to non-updated API documentation. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

Answer 1

unexpected '=>' (T_DOUBLE_ARROW) error is with ["media"]["url"]

["media"]["url"] => "https://Big_buck_bunny_poster_big.jpg",
"caption" => "My media file test"]

you have to initialize an array like

[
 "text" => "test text",
 "media" => [
 "url" => "https://Big_buck_bunny_poster_big.jpg",
 "caption" => "My media file test"
 ]
] 

• Pamela: Sorry..Error: Invalid value for 'content_type', must be one of 'text', 'location'
• user969068: That error means you are missing one of required "text" or "location" in your payload, see my above edit, and post your full payload example if doesn't work
• user969068: ok may caption was not in media, try with above edit.
• JSowa: Caption is in media array, not outside.
• Pamela: The issue was with API documentation. Your answer too was helpful. Thank You.

Answer 2

You have to create and set following array:

[
 'media' => [
 'url' => 'https://Big_buck_bunny_poster_big.jpg',
 'caption' => 'My media file test'
 ]
]

Look at the format of sample JSON and make the same levels (dimensions) of your array.

If all fields are mandatory you should send following array:

[
 'text' => 'Your text',
 'location' => [
 'longitude' => 'XXX',
 'latitude' => 'XXX',
 'label' => 'your label',
 'address' => 'your address'
 ],
 'media' => [
 'url' => 'https://Big_buck_bunny_poster_big.jpg',
 'caption' => 'My media file test'
 ]
]

• Pamela: Same error: Exception when calling MessageApi->sendMessage: Invalid value for 'content_type', must be one of 'text', 'location'
• JSowa: Look at the API documentation and check which fields are mandatory.
• Pamela: It is one of either text, location or media is allowed