can't access object in array PHP

Question

Have tried every variation I can think of to access an object property in an array. I'm getting some data back form an API which i'm storing in a variable called $userTokenValid:

$userTokenValid = [{"authTokenValid":1}];

i'm then trying to access the authTokenValid property like so:

echo json_decode($userTokenValid[0]->authTokenValid);

I appreciate this might be quite basic but can't spot where I have gone wrong.

try a `var_dump($userTokenValid)` – Dragos Dec 05 '16 at 16:41 — Dragos, Dec 05 '16 at 16:41
result is string(27) " [{"authTokenValid":1}]" – red house 87 Dec 05 '16 at 16:42 — red house 87, Dec 05 '16 at 16:42

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 05 '16 at 16:42

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$userTokenValid isn't valid php. However [{"authTokenValid":1}] is a valid json string.

$userTokenValid = '[{"authTokenValid":1}]';

you can decode it with

$json = json_decode($userTokenValid);

finally

echo $json[0]->authTokenValid;

answered Dec 05 '16 at 16:42

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