How can I parse this JSON with PHP?

Question

How can I parse this JSON, which is supposed to display the items a user has in their Steam inventory.

I have tried this:

$data = file_get_contents('http://steamcommunity.com/id/Mitch8910/inventory/json/440/2/');
$json = json_decode($data);
echo $data;

It returns the same as just visiting the link. I can't get anything like this to work either:

$id = $json->type;
echo $type;

possible duplicate of [Parsing JSON file with PHP](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4343596/parsing-json-file-with-php) — Gábor Bakos, May 03 '15 at 09:18
After `json_decode` you will get an array, not a object. Use `$json['type']` — mcklayin, May 03 '15 at 09:19

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 03 '15 at 09:20

$data = file_get_contents('http://steamcommunity.com/id/Mitch8910/inventory/json/440/2/');
$json = json_decode($data);
echo $data;

you are echoing $data that is your input (so you see the same as opening the link directly). To see if the json_decode is working fine you should print $json. So instead of

echo $data;

use

echo '<pre>'
print_r($json);
echo '</pre>';

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 03 '15 at 09:27

$data = file_get_contents('http://steamcommunity.com/id/Mitch8910/inventory/json/440/2/');
$json = json_decode($data);

Now $json has 2 objects.

you can access like.

$json->rgInventory;
$json->success;

if you want to fetch all data from $json->rgInventory;

foreach($json->rgInventory as $e){
    //var_dump($e);
    echo $e->id;
    echo $e->classid;
    echo $e->instanceid; 
}

etc.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 03 '15 at 09:30

1

This is how to get type

$data = file_get_contents('http://steamcommunity.com/id/Mitch8910/inventory/json/440/2/');
$json = json_decode($data);

 foreach ($json->rgDescriptions as $mydata)
{
    echo $mydata->type;
}

answered May 03 '15 at 09:30

Kamran

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