Extracting data from JSON issue

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I am trying to get some information about YouTube channel's from the YouTube API.

This is an example the output (using Google's channel), http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/Google?alt=json

I am getting the JSON using this:

$json = file_get_contents("http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/Google?alt=json");
$data = json_decode($json, true);

I uploaded the output of var_dump($data); to pastebin: http://pastebin.com/CWA7YYGi

What I want to get is totalUploadViews from yt$statistics.

What I have tried so far is:

echo $data['yt$statistics']['totalUploadViews'];

But this gives me an error: Notice: Undefined index: yt$statistics

Not sure what I am doing wrong, would appreciate the help.

Explosion Pills · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-06 13:58:58Z

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yt$statistics is itself a value of a parent array. Try

$data['entry']['yt$statistics']['totalUploadViews'];

answered Jun 6, 2012 at 13:58

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Ja͢ck · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-06 13:59:56Z

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The yt$statistics is a key in the array of $data['entry'].

answered Jun 6, 2012 at 13:59

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user1299518 · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-06 14:12:12Z

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do this:

$json = file_get_contents("http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/Google?alt=json");
$data = json_decode($json, true);
echo $data["entry"]["yt\$statistics"]["totalUploadViews"];

the "\$" just escapes the harmful $ from parsing.

answered Jun 6, 2012 at 14:12

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