Question

Using this below as an example of a JSON response I would get from an API using PHP

[
   {
    "profile_background_tile": true,
    "listed_count": 82,
    "status":  {
      "created_at": "Fri Apr 20 20:06:12 +0000 2012",
      "place": null,
    },
    "default_profile": false,
    "created_at": "Tue Oct 25 00:03:17 +0000 2011"
  }
]

I would use something like this…

$obj = json_decode($json);

foreach($obj as $index => $user) {
    echo $user->profile_background_tile;
    echo $user->listed_count;
    echo $user->status;    
    echo $user->default_profile;
    echo $user->created_at;
}

Now where I need some help is in the JSON response under status there is created_at and place

I do not know how to access those items?

Answer 1

You use the exact same logic, but a level deeper:

echo $user->status->created_at;
echo $user->status->place;

Here is why that works: your decoded JSON is array of objects. Each object has properties like profile_background_tile. They also have a status property, which happens to be another object, with properties created_at and place. And you access object properties with $obj->prop syntax.