[FIXED] How to extract value by key from json response in PHP

Issue

I'm using getResponse api for getting updated about subscribers. This is what is printing after var_dump($result);

object(stdClass)#2 (1) {
  ["updated"]=>
  int(1)
}

How do i extract / decode / encode the result to request the key: "update" and get it's value: 1 ?

Thanks

Solution

// json object.
$contents = '{"firstName":"John", "lastName":"Doe"}';
    
// Option 1: through the use of an array.
$jsonArray = json_decode($contents,true);
    
$key = "firstName";
    
$firstName = $jsonArray[$key];
        
// Option 2: through the use of an object.
$jsonObj = json_decode($contents);
    
$firstName = $jsonObj->$key;

Answered By - reshetech

Answer Checked By - Timothy Miller (PHPFixing Admin)