PHP json decoding

Question

can someone help me decode this json into php?

here is the json:

{
 "queue": {
 "active_lang": "en",
 "paused": false,
 "session": "9bc093acde2a3833569ace5f71ee134e",
 "restart_req": false,
 "power_options": true,
 "slots": [
 {
 "status": "Downloading",
 "index": 0,
 "eta": "22:23 Sun 21 Aug",
 "missing": 0,
 "avg_age": "3h",
 "script": "None",
 "msgid": "",
 "verbosity": "",
 "mb": "534.79",
 "sizeleft": "462 MB",
 "filename": "VA_-_Drum_and_Bass_Summer_Slammers_2011-(VPRLP003S2)-WEB-2011-HB",
 "priority": "Normal",
 "cat": "music",
 "mbleft": "462.17",
 "timeleft": "4:05:09",
 "percentage": "13",
 "nzo_id": "SABnzbd_nzo_mhammg",
 "unpackopts": "3",
 "size": "535 MB"
 }
 ],
 "speed": "32 K",
 "helpuri": "http://wiki.sabnzbd.org/",
 "size": "535 MB",
 "uptime": "2h",
 "refresh_rate": "10",
 "limit": 0,
 "isverbose": false,
 "start": 0,
 "version": "0.6.8",
 "new_rel_url": "",
 "diskspacetotal2": "1843.48",
 "color_scheme": "gold",
 "diskspacetotal1": "1843.48",
 "nt": true,
 "status": "Downloading",
 "last_warning": "",
 "have_warnings": "0",
 "cache_art": "6",
 "sizeleft": "462 MB",
 "finishaction": null,
 "paused_all": false,
 "cache_size": "4 MB",
 "finish": 0,
 "new_release": "",
 "pause_int": "0",
 "mbleft": "462.17",
 "diskspace1": "703.54",
 "scripts": [],
 "categories": [
 "*",
 "movies",
 "music",
 "series",
 "software",
 "tv"
 ],
 "darwin": false,
 "timeleft": "4:05:09",
 "mb": "534.79",
 "noofslots": 1,
 "eta": "22:23 Sun 21 Aug",
 "nzb_quota": "",
 "loadavg": "",
 "cache_max": "8388608",
 "kbpersec": "32.17",
 "speedlimit": "",
 "webdir": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SABnzbd\\interfaces\\Plush\\templates",
 "queue_details": "0",
 "diskspace2": "703.54"
 }
}

I have this code so far:

$APIArray = json_decode($urlContents, true);
 $APIqueue = ($APIArray['queue']);
 $APIkbpersec = ($APIArray['kbpersec']);
// print_r($APIkbpersec);
 echo $APIkbpersec;

but I cant seem to print out the "kbpersec" or any other value from the json. I have worked with json before, but I cant seem to fiqure this out, if anyone could help, that would be great.

• Jason Russell: $urlContents is the json string
• RiaD: is it correct json? returns null for me
• mario: Your awful variable names might be part of the problem. Try $json = json_decode(...); and simply print $json["queue"]["kbpersec"]; - Also see the examples in php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php
• Felix Kling: json_last_error() gives me JSON_ERROR_SYNTAX, although JSONLint says it's fine.

Answer 1

Your kbpersec is in the array under your $APIqueue variable, not the $APIArray one.

Change your code to this:

$APIArray = json_decode($urlContents, true);
$APIqueue = $APIArray['queue'];
$APIkbpersec = $APIqueue['kbpersec'];
echo $APIkbpersec;

or:

$APIArray = json_decode($urlContents, true);
$APIqueue = $APIArray['queue'];
$APIkbpersec = $APIArray['queue']['kbpersec'];
echo $APIkbpersec;

• Jason Russell: I cannot believe I didnt see that...Thanks!