PHP Return Array values

Question

Really need some help with the following.

So, my script calls an API on remote server with:

    try {
    $api = new ApiClient();
    $api->call('GetNameservers', $postfields);

    return array(
        'success' => true,
        'ns1' => $api->getFromResponse('nameserver1'),
        'ns2' => $api->getFromResponse('nameserver2'),
        'ns3' => $api->getFromResponse('nameserver3'),
        'ns4' => $api->getFromResponse('nameserver4'),
        'ns5' => $api->getFromResponse('nameserver5'),
    );

}

The above API call correctly returns what is must:

Array
(
[result] => 1000
[resData] => Array
    (
        [domain] => somecooldomain.com
        [status] => Active
        [autorenew] => 0
        [contactid] => 822
        [nameserver1] => ns1.nameserver1.com
        [nameserver2] => ns2.nameserver2.com
        [nameserver3] => ns3.nameserver3.com
        [nameserver4] => ns4.nameserver4.com
        [nameserver5] => 
        [registrationdate] => 2018-06-29
        [expirydate] => 2020-11-03
    )
)

My problem comes after:

return array(
    'success' => true,

This works:

'ns1' => $api->getFromResponse('result'),

But it is not what I need as the array is nested. I've tried many things here:

'ns1' => $api->getFromResponse('resData.nameserver1'),
'ns1' => $api->getFromResponse(['resData']['nameserver1']),

The getFromReponse is as follow:

    public function getFromResponse($key)
{
    return isset($this->results[$key]) ? $this->results[$key] : '';
}

debug: var_dump($api->getFromResponse('result'), $api->getFromResponse('result')['resData']['nameserver1']); The first one will show the full structure. The second should return the expected entry from that structure — Ryan Vincent
– Ryan Vincent, Commented Jul 28, 2018 at 8:27
Hi Ryan, I just want to confirm the syntax here. Doing 'ns1' => $api->getFromResponse('result')['resData']['nameserver1'], actually returns string(4) "1000" string(1) "1" — Mauzer
– Mauzer, Commented Jul 28, 2018 at 8:46

Benjamin Dowson · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-28 08:47:57Z

2

The API response returns a multidimensional array, but your function public function getFromResponse($key) only has provisions for 1 dimension.

The return value of $api->getFromResponse('resData') is actually an array, so it is valid to do something like this: $api->getFromResponse('resData')['nameserver1'] to get the value of items from the inner array.

answered Jul 28, 2018 at 8:47

Benjamin Dowson

5765 silver badges14 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

PHP Return Array values

1 Answer 1

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related