not able to parse json array in php

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I have this following php file that is supposed to loop through a json array and print the necessary information. But I am getting an error in browser which i don't know why it is shown."( ! ) Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'foreach' (T_FOREACH) in C:\wamp\www\bootstrap-dist\jsonpost.php on line 15". Can someone help me to solve this.

<?php
 $jArray ='{ "books":[{"id":"01",
                       "language": "Java",
                       "edition": "third",
                       "author": "Herbert Schildt"
                        },
                        {
                       "id":"07",
                       "language": "C++",
                       "edition": "second"
                       "author": "E.Balagurusamy"
                        }]
                    }'

    foreach ($jArray as $obj) { // error in this line
                 $ProductName = $obj['edition'];   
                 $ProductQuantity= $obj['language'];
                 echo   $ProductName+" "+$ProductQuantity;
             }

?>

Please use something like JSONLint to validate your json strings. — James
– James, Commented Jun 29, 2014 at 12:38

PurkkaKoodari · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-29 12:37:20Z

3

First of all, the syntax error is because you forgot a semicolon after the JSON variable.

 ... 
        "E.Balagurusamy"
    }]
}'; // <-- there

And to parse it; use json_decode.

$parsed = json_decode($jArray, true);
foreach ($parsed['books'] as $obj) {
    // ...

EDIT: Added , true to the json_decode, and also, your JSON has a syntax error.

"edition": "second", /* NOTE THE COMMA HERE */
"author": "E.Balagurusamy"

EDIT 2: Concatenating strings with + leads to 0. Use ..

echo $ProductName." ".$ProductQuantity;

edited Jun 29, 2014 at 12:37

answered Jun 29, 2014 at 12:14

PurkkaKoodari

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user3393926 Over a year ago

even then i get this"Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in C:\wamp\www\bootstrap-dist\jsonpost.php on line 17" error

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