PHP

Loading and Parsing a JSON Array

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A JSON array is JSON that begins with "[" and ends with "]". For example, this is a JSON array that contains 3 JSON objects.

[{"name":"jack"},{"name":"john"},{"name":"joe"}]

A JSON object, however, is JSON that begins with "{" and ends with "}". For example, this JSON is an object that contains an array.

{"pets":[{"name":"jack"},{"name":"john"},{"name":"joe"}]}

This example shows how loading a JSON array is different than loading a JSON object. Chilkat2 PHP

<?php

use Chilkat2\JsonArray;
use Chilkat2\JsonObject;

$strJsonArray = '[{"name":"jack"},{"name":"john"},{"name":"joe"}]';

$strJsonObject = '{"pets":[{"name":"jack"},{"name":"john"},{"name":"joe"}]}';

// A JSON array must be loaded using JsonArray:
$jsonArray = new JsonArray();
$jsonArray->Load($strJsonArray);

// Examine the values:
$i = 0;
while ($i < $jsonArray->Size) {
    $jsonObj = $jsonArray->ObjectAt($i);
    echo $i, ': ', $jsonObj->StringOf('name'), "\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}

// Output is:

//     0: jack
//     1: john
//     2: joe

// A JSON object must be loaded using JsonObject
$jsonObject = new JsonObject();
$jsonObject->Load($strJsonObject);

// Examine the values:
$i = 0;
$numPets = $jsonObject->SizeOfArray('pets');
while ($i < $numPets) {
    $jsonObject->I = $i;
    echo $i, ': ', $jsonObject->StringOf('pets[i].name'), "\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}

// Output is:

//     0: jack
//     1: john
//     2: joe