php access to json data code example

Example 1: php access json object

<?php
  // JSON string
  $someJSON = '[{"name":"Jonathan Suh","gender":"male"},{"name":"William Philbin","gender":"male"},{"name":"Allison McKinnery","gender":"female"}]';

  // Convert JSON string to Object
  $someObject = json_decode($someJSON);
  echo $someObject[0]->name; // Access Object data
?>

Example 2: access json with php

<?php

$data = '{
	"name": "Aragorn",
	"race": "Human"
}';

$character = json_decode($data);
echo $character->name;

Example 3: php return json data

header('Content-Type: application/json'); 

$colors = array("red","blue","green");
echo json_encode($colors);

Example 4: how to get data from json array in php

$data = json_decode($json);