Parse API Result That Returns an Array and String

Question

I have some data being returned from an API that is in the following format:

string(15) "[email protected]"
bool(true)
string(7) "generic"
array(5) {
  ["server"]=>
  string(19) "imap.mail.yahoo.com"
  ["username"]=>
  string(15) "[email protected]"
  ["port"]=>
  int(993)
  ["use_ssl"]=>
  bool(true)
  ["oauth"]=>
  bool(false)
}
array(0) {
}

When I am trying to parse this with a foreach loop, it is unsuccessful. I am assuming this is due to the string(15), bool(true), and string(7) pieces of data located above the actual array.

Here is my foreach loop:

$results = array();
foreach ($Request->getResults() as $imapSettings) {
    $results['server'] = $imapSettings['server'];
    $results['username'] = $imapSettings['username'];
    $results['port'] = $imapSettings['port'];
    $results['use_ssl'] = $imapSettings['use_ssl'];
    $results['oauth'] = $imapSettings['oauth'];
}

When I run the code above, I get the following error: Warning: Illegal string offset 'server' in. And I believe this error is usually a sign that something is not an array.

So my question is how do I go about parsing this piece of data?

UPDATE:

Here is was var_dump($Request->getResults()); returns:

array(5) {
  ["email"]=>
  string(15) "[email protected]"
  ["found"]=>
  bool(true)
  ["type"]=>
  string(7) "generic"
  ["imap"]=>
  array(5) {
    ["server"]=>
    string(19) "imap.mail.yahoo.com"
    ["username"]=>
    string(15) "[email protected]"
    ["port"]=>
    int(993)
    ["use_ssl"]=>
    bool(true)
    ["oauth"]=>
    bool(false)
  }
  ["documentation"]=>
  array(0) {
  }
}

It looks like you have multiple pieces of data there. A string followed by a boolean, followed by a string, followed by an array, followed by an empty array. — jd182
– jd182, Commented Feb 10, 2015 at 17:20
@tramp When I run gettype($imapSettings) this is the output stringbooleanstringarrayarray. — three3
– three3, Commented Feb 10, 2015 at 17:22
Strange... If I follow the order your username is boolean...?? The error message would have also mentioned the line no. too...?? Which line is it here...?? — Vagabond
– Vagabond, Commented Feb 10, 2015 at 17:28

jd182 · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-10 17:44:10Z

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I think this is what you are trying to do:

$response = $Request->getResults();

$results['server']   = $response['imap']['server'];
$results['username'] = $response['imap']['username'];
$results['port']     = $response['imap']['port'];
$results['use_ssl']  = $response['imap']['use_ssl'];
$results['oauth']    = $response['imap']['oauth'];

You don't need to loop through the result - you can just pull out the information you need from the 'imap' array contained in the result.

Also you can do this more succinctly like this which will yield the same results:

$results = $response['imap'];

edited Feb 10, 2015 at 17:44

answered Feb 10, 2015 at 17:37

jd182

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three3 Over a year ago

This almost works! But there seems to be duplicate data being added to the array. Here is a link to the data being dumped: pastebin.com/EnQ4dHPe

jd182 Over a year ago

Yeah sorry - I updated my answer so that the $result uses a different variable name to the response.

three3 Over a year ago

Nevermind, I figured out what I did wrong. Your solution worked perfectly for me! Thank you very much.

Halayem Anis · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-10 17:31:20Z

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foreach is only applicable for array, so you should escape the other types :

$results = array();
foreach ($Request->getResults() as $imapSettings) {
    if (!is_array($imapSettings)) {
        // you can do other stuff for other type
        continue;
    }
    $results['server'] = $imapSettings['server'];
    $results['username'] = $imapSettings['username'];
    $results['port'] = $imapSettings['port'];
    $results['use_ssl'] = $imapSettings['use_ssl'];
    $results['oauth'] = $imapSettings['oauth'];
}

answered Feb 10, 2015 at 17:31

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three3 Over a year ago

Thanks for the code. This gets rid of the error message I was receiving, however, it does not assign the values to my $results array. Only $results['server'] receives a value. The rest of the $results values are just NULL. Anyway to fix this?

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