Export data to variables

Question

I'm trying export data to variables. I have data in this form:

{
  "data":[{
    "unread": 1,
    "id":"1111",
    "updated_time":"2015-01-21T00:00:38+0000",
    "comments":{
      "data":[{
        "id":"1111_2222",
        "from":
        {
          "id":"9999",
          "name":"John"
        },
        "message":"Hello Steve, how are you?",
        "created_time":"2015-01-21T00:00:38+0000"
      }]
    }
  }]
}

I have following code but it exports only unread, id and updated_time. However I need even data from comments (message, id, name - from).

foreach ($fb_response->data as $item) {
    echo 'unread: ' . $item->unread . '<br />';
    echo 'From ID: ' . $item->id . '<br />';
    echo 'Time: ' . $item->updated_time;
}

http://stackoverflow.com/a/3555356/4563843 this can help you — Siim Kallari, Jun 28 '15 at 11:20

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 28 '15 at 11:21

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Just another loop?

$comments = $item->comments->data;
foreach ($comments as $comment) {
    echo $comment->id;
    echo $comment->from->id;
    echo $comment->from->name;
    echo $comment->message;
    echo $comment->created_time;
}

Hope this helps.

answered Jun 28 '15 at 11:21

Dan Belden

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 28 '15 at 11:09

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Your last echo was not terminated properly. Try this:

foreach($fb_response->data as $item){
echo 'unread: ' . $item->unread . '<br />';
echo 'From ID: ' . $item->id . '<br />';
echo 'Time: ' . $item->updated_time ;
}

answered Jun 28 '15 at 11:09

Clyde Winux

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I don't think, that is the main problem. OP probably just does not know how to access the nested data, I would assume – Sirko Jun 28 '15 at 11:10
Thank you for comment. I know, this is not a problem, I just don't know how to write to a variable message and name. Thanks for help. – Martin Newman Jun 28 '15 at 11:13
Sirko described the main problem. – Martin Newman Jun 28 '15 at 11:16

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