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I can’t get this php json script to work. I’m trying to get the screen name from twitter, using their api.

Here’s what I did.

$send_request = file_get_contents('https://api.twitter.com/1/users/lookup.json?screen_name=frankmeacey');

$request_contents = json_decode($send_request);

echo $request_contents->screen_name;

Why is this returning a blank value every time? I’ve tried changing things here and there and it’s just not working…

Answer 1

Because the data structure you get back is an array of objects, not an object.

echo $request_contents[0]->screen_name;