Question

Hi I want get a specific line from a given url… such as From this url, I would like to get the line “GBP”: 0.632956. I think I have to use preg functions but can any one please provide me an example how to get it..

Thanks.

Answer 1

It’s a JSON response, so you don’t need any regular expressions:

$response = file_get_contents('http://openexchangerates.org/api/latest.json?app_id=ae2f63619e8d4cc4bd0beaf9fd73839e');
$data = json_decode($response);
echo $data->rates->GBP;

Demo

See also: json_decode()