Read Json data response using php

Question

How can I read a JSON data response using php? The response t comes after user authentication done from a third party. Primarily, I just want displayName and preferredUsername data.

Json response:

 {
      "stat": "ok",
      "profile": {
        "providerName": "testing",
        "identifier": "http://testing.com/58263223",
        "displayName": "testing",
        "preferredUsername": "testing",
        "name": {
          "formatted": "testing"
        },
        "url": "http://testing.com/testing/",
        "photo": "https://securecdn.testing.com/uploads/users/5826/3223/avatar32.jpg?1373393837",
        "providerSpecifier": "testing"
      }
    }

Answer 1

You can use the json_decode(http://php.net/manual/en/function.json-decode.php) function to decode your result then retrieve the value:

$json_data = '{
      "stat": "ok",
      "profile": {
        "providerName": "testing",
        "identifier": "http://testing.com/58263223",
        "displayName": "testing",
        "preferredUsername": "testing",
        "name": {
          "formatted": "testing"
        },
        "url": "http://testing.com/testing/",
        "photo": "https://securecdn.testing.com/uploads/users/5826/3223/avatar32.jpg?1373393837",
        "providerSpecifier": "testing"
      }
    }';

$json = json_decode($json_data);

echo $json->profile->displayName;
echo $json->profile->preferredUsername;