How to parse JSON string in php

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I'm getting below JSON response:

[{"startDate":"2012-07-12 11:21:38 +0530","totalTime":0},{"startDate":"2012-07-11 11:27:33 +0530","totalTime":0},{"startDate":"2012-07-16 18:38:37 +0530","totalTime":0},{"startDate":"2012-07-17 14:18:32 +0530","totalTime":0}]

i want make array of start date and totalTime, i have used these two lines but it wont work $obj, please suggest..

                    $obj  = json_decode($dateTimeArr); 
        $dateAr = $obj->{'startDate'};

Zagor23 · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-17 12:27:03Z

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As everyone said, and you did - use json_decode.

    $dateArrays  = json_decode($dateTimeArr, true); // decode JSON to associative array
    foreach($dateArrays as $dateArr){
        echo $dateArr['startDate']; 
        echo $dateArr['totalTime']; 
    }

In future, if you are unsure what type or structure of data is in the variable, do var_dump($var) and it will print type of variable and its content.

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answered Jul 17, 2012 at 12:08

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Roman Newaza · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-17 10:00:02Z

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It is very easy:

$Arr = json_decode($JSON, true);

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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-17 09:59:47Z

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json_decode() will give you nested PHP types you can then descend to retrieve your data.

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Vidyadhar Mandke Over a year ago

i want make array of start date, i have used these two lines but it wont work $obj, please suggest.. $obj = json_decode($dateTimeArr); $dateAr = $obj->{'startDate'};

Krishna · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-17 10:04:20Z

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use json_decode($json_response,true) to convert json to Array

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Dale · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-17 10:05:21Z

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Guess what you are looking for is json_decode()

Check out http://php.net/manual/en/function.json-decode.php for the inner workings

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Vidyadhar Mandke Over a year ago

i want make array of start date, i have used these two lines but it wont work $obj, please suggest.. $obj = json_decode($dateTimeArr); $dateAr = $obj->{'startDate'};

allen213 Over a year ago

@rekire It isn't actually in this case but I agree that's ugly stackoverflow.com/questions/5643496/…

Dale Over a year ago

Try this: $obj = json_decode($dateTimeArr); $dateAr = $obj->startDate; You're mixing up object and array notation there

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