parse json using php(object inside object)

Question

Below is the example json code i am trying to parse using php.

{
    "educations": {
        "_total": 7
    }
}

I tried it parsing using the following php code. But i am making some silly mistake which i am unable to find. Below is the PHP code

<?php

$decoded = json_decode($json_string)
echo "$decoded->educations->_total";

?>

but I am not getting some object error which i am unable to figure out.

The error is: Catchable fatal error: Object of class stdClass could not be converted to string

PLease help thanks.

Is that the actual $json_string value, i.e. before you use json_decode()? e.g. the result of a var_dump()? If so, then there's an extra ',' — Mark Baker, Sep 16 '13 at 21:31
I just want to know how to parse a associate array which was converted by using json_decode. Condition is i want to parse object inside object — Susheel Singh, Sep 16 '13 at 21:42
Well if you remove that spurious comma, it works, http://ideone.com/Mj9hsg — Mark Baker, Sep 16 '13 at 21:44

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 16 '13 at 21:30

0

Try accessing your returned json object as an array

$total = $decoded['educations']['_total'];

answered Sep 16 '13 at 21:30

Gigline

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 16 '13 at 21:50

0

Sorry My silly mistake:

$total= "$decoded->educations->_total";

I added a double quote which created this problem. The below code is the correct one.

<?php

$decoded = json_decode($json_string)
echo $decoded->educations->_total;

?>

answered Sep 16 '13 at 21:50

Susheel Singh

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