How to use cURL to get jSON data and decode the data

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So I have a link that returns a jSON object  and I need to have it decoded and put into variables in PHP    URL  api php action getThreads amp hash 123fajwersa amp node id 4 amp order by post date amp order desc amp limit 1 amp grab content amp content limit 1   This is the object that it returns          count   1       threads              38752                  thread id   38752               node id   4               title    The ShadyCraft Beta Launch                 reply count   45               view count   946               user id   2               username    Shady                post date   1366956695               sticky   0               discussion state    visible                discussion open   1               discussion type                    first post id   226167               first post likes   7               last post date   1369094302               last post id   228226               last post user id   2               last post username    Shady                prefix id   19               tinhte xentag tags    a 4  i 0 s 9   minecraft   i 2 s 4   news   i 3 s 14   private server   i 1 s 10   shadycraft                    content                      count   1                   content                          226167                              post id   226167                           thread id   38752                           user id   2                           username    Shady                            post date   1366956695                           message     ATTACH full 4143   ATTACH  n  nWe ve completely restructured ShadyCraft  and today will be the launch of the ShadyCraft beta  n  nCurrent Features n LIST  n   Towns n   Nations n   All out wars n   A live update map n   No White-list n   Earn Money n   Griefing allowed where possible n   LIST  nThese are just some features which have a lot more things behind them  For instance  there is town and nation upkeep  tax  kingdoms  mayors  and kings  n  nWe really wanted to have the server self-governed and this is why griefing and PvP are allowed where ever they are possible  All towns and nations cannot be griefed by other members  You can create a town and buy plots for it and expand the town as you wish  n  n SIZE 4 All of this is shown in the live updating map located  URL  http     50 7 6 116 8123  here   URL     SIZE  n  n SIZE 4  SIZE 6 Join the Beta Now   SIZE    SIZE  n SIZE 6 Server-IP  50 7 6 116   SIZE  n  n  n USER 118053 Frenchy   USER  and  USER 4863 Wolfbane   USER                             ip id   747429                           message state    visible                            attach count   1                           position   0                           likes   7                           like users    a 5  i 0 a 2  s 7   user id   i 105699 s 8   username   s 6   kvothe    i 1 a 2  s 7   user id   i 146724 s 8   username   s 12   Graveyard219    i 2 a 2  s 7   user id   i 70182 s 8   username   s 9   wmbrown18    i 3 a 2  s 7   user id   i 5473 s 8   username   s 9   Oblivious    i 4 a 2  s 7   user id   i 118053 s 8   username   s 7   Frenchy                                 warning id   0                           warning message                                anonymous posting real user id   0                           anonymous posting real username                                                                                I am really only interested in the    title   The ShadyCraft Beta Launch       reply count  45    view count   946     user id  2    username   Shady     post date  1366956695    sticky  0    discussion state   visible    discussion open  1    and finally the message    ATTACH full 4143  ATTACH   We ve completely restructured ShadyCraft  and today will be the launch of the ShadyCraft beta   Current Features  LIST     Towns    Nations    All out wars    A live update map    No White-list    Earn Money    Griefing allowed where possible   LIST  These are just some features which have a lot more things behind them  For instance  there is town and nation upkeep  tax  kingdoms  mayors  and kings   We really wanted to have the server self-governed and this is why griefing and PvP are allowed where ever they are possible  All towns and nations cannot be griefed by other members  You can create a town and buy plots for it and expand the town as you wish    SIZE 4 All of this is shown in the live updating map located  URL  http   50 7 6 116 8123  here  URL    SIZE    SIZE 4  SIZE 6 Join the Beta Now  SIZE   SIZE   SIZE 6 Server-IP  50 7 6 116  SIZE     USER 118053 Frenchy  USER  and  USER 4863 Wolfbane  USER    So how can I extract the jSON object and put it in to correct variables in PHP  that I can later use    Variables like   username   user id   message   title   discussionState  and so on   I just need to know how I can retrieve the jSON object  then extract the data into variables in PHP    I am now able to get the PHP array  but I am having some troubles calling the correct values  Here is the array      Array    count     1  threads     Array    13     Array    thread id       13  node id     4  title     Forum Integration nearly complete   reply count     0  view count     0  user id     59  username       Faeron  post date     1369257302  sticky     0  discussion state       visible  discussion open     1  discussion type      first post id       23  first post likes     0  last post date     1369257302    last post id     23  last post user id     59  last post username       Faeron  prefix id     1  content     Array    count     1  content       Array    23     Array    post id     23  thread id     13  user id       59  username     Faeron  post date     1369257302  message     It s   been quite a while since we began to integrate the phanime Forums with   the main site  We have now finished the integration with the phanime   Forums and the main site  You will no longer notice that there are two   platforms running phanime  but instead only one  Our next step is to   theme the forums to make it look like the main site   ip id     268    message state     visible  attach count     0  position     0  likes       0  like users     a 0     warning id     0  warning message                   Now lets say this array was named  array then to get the first element s value   count   can t I just say the following  print  array   count      lt -- this returns an error    What about the element that has a value as an array itself  which is the  threads  element  How do I get  perhaps the  thread id  element s value

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You can Use this for Curl   function fakeip             return long2ip  mt rand 0  65537    mt rand 0  65535             function getdata  url  args false          global  session        ch   curl init         curl setopt  ch  CURLOPT URL  url        curl setopt  ch  CURLOPT HTTPHEADER  array  REMOTE ADDR    fakeip    X-Client-IP    fakeip    Client-IP    fakeip    HTTP X FORWARDED FOR    fakeip    X-Forwarded-For    fakeip           if  args                  curl setopt  ch  CURLOPT POST  1            curl setopt  ch  CURLOPT POSTFIELDS  args               curl setopt  ch  CURLOPT RETURNTRANSFER  true          curl setopt  ch  CURLOPT PROXY   127 0 0 1 8888          result   curl exec   ch        curl close   ch        return  result        Then To Read Json    result getdata  https   example com      Then       Deocde Json  data   json decode  result true      Count               total count  data                 Str   lt h1 gt Total      total                  echo  Str    You Can Also Make In Table               foreach   data as  key   gt   value                            echo     lt td gt  lt font  face  calibri color  red  gt    value type       lt  font gt  lt  td gt  lt td gt  lt font  face  calibri color  blue  gt    value category       lt  font gt  lt  td gt  lt td gt  lt font  face  calibri color  green  gt    value amount       lt  font gt  lt  tr gt  lt tr gt                             echo   lt  tr gt  lt  table gt                   You Can Also Use This   echo   lt p gt Name      data  result    name     lt  p gt         lt img src     data  result    pic      gt  lt br gt      Hope this helped

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You can use this   curl setopt array  ch   options    resultado   curl exec  ch    info   curl getinfo  ch   print r  info  url

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you can also use    result   curl exec  ch   return response  - gt json json decode  result

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I think this one will answer your question  P   url  https       api php action getThreads amp hash 123fajwersa amp node id 4 amp order by post date amp order   desc amp limit 1 amp grab content amp content limit 1     Using cURL      Initiate curl  ch   curl init       Will return the response  if false it print the response curl setopt  ch  CURLOPT RETURNTRANSFER  true      Set the url curl setopt  ch  CURLOPT URL  url      Execute  result curl exec  ch      Closing curl close  ch       Will dump a beauty json  3 var dump json decode  result  true      Using file get contents   result   file get contents  url      Will dump a beauty json  3 var dump json decode  result  true      Accessing   array  threads   13   thread id      title    thread key       And   array  threads   13   thread id      content    thread key      content   23   post id      message     content key

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to get the object you do not need to use cURL  you are loading another dll into memory and have another dependency  unless you really need curl I d stick with built in php functions   you can use one simple php file get contents url  function  http   il1 php net manual en function file-get-contents php   unparsed json   file get contents  api php action getThreads amp hash 123fajwersa amp node id 4 amp order by post date amp order desc amp limit 1 amp grab content amp content limit 1      json object   json decode  unparsed json     then json decode   parses JSON into a PHP object  or an array if you pass true to the second parameter   http   php net manual en function json-decode php  For example    json      a  1  b  2  c  3  d  4  e  5     var dump json decode  json                 Object var dump json decode  json  true           Associative array

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Use this function  http   br php net json decode This will automatically create PHP arrays

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