How to display Json data using PHP?

Question

I have a json file and I want to display its data in a PHP file. I tried with the code below but its not work.

$json_output = file_get_contents("https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/playlists/PL3n6kxxrIGdat31ZIf_7wlqtT3I20OqLL?v=2&alt=jsonc");
$json = json_decode($json_output, true);


foreach($json->data->items->thumbnail as $day) {

   echo $day->sqDefault;
   echo $day->hqDefault;
}

and my json file is

{"apiVersion":"2.1","data":{"id":"PL3n6kxxrIGdat31ZIf_7wlqtT3I20OqLL","author":"Tutorial top","title":"دورة سيو للمبتدئين [ali baba]","description":"","thumbnail":{"sqDefault":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XIhVZqCVqhs/default.jpg","hqDefault":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XIhVZqCVqhs/hqdefault.jpg"},"content":{"5":"http://www.youtube.com/p/PL3n6kxxrIGdat31ZIf_7wlqtT3I20OqLL"},"totalItems":31,"startIndex":1,"itemsPerPage":1,"items":[{"id":"PLH_kL5FgJPmdcYTGqaMXFsVJJ-pbR_YyiC1Y73R1tfYY","position":1,"author":"Tutorial top","video":{"id":"Kw8m5S2OhPs","uploaded":"2013-11-10T16:04:28.000Z","updated":"2014-02-18T17:59:36.000Z","uploader":"vkd-nAV91SLMCYNBKGJmsA","category":"People","title":"Beginners SEO Tutorial Course   Intro","description":"","thumbnail":
{"sqDefault":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Kw8m5S2OhPs/default.jpg","hqDefault":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Kw8m5S2OhPs/hqdefault.jpg"},"player":{"default":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Kw8m5S2OhPs&feature=youtube_gdata_player","mobile":"https://m.youtube.com/details?v=Kw8m5S2OhPs"},"content":{"5":"https://www.youtube.com/v/Kw8m5S2OhPs?version=3&f=playlists&app=youtube_gdata","1":"rtsp://r8---sn-4g57kues.c.youtube.com/CiULENy73wIaHAn7hI4t5SYPKxMYDSANFEgGUglwbGF5bGlzdHMM/0/0/0/video.3gp","6":"rtsp://r8---sn-
4g57kues.c.youtube.com/CiULENy73wIaHAn7hI4t5SYPKxMYESARFEgGUglwbGF5bGlzdHMM/0/0/0/video.3gp"},"duration":413,"aspectRatio":"widescreen","rating":5.0,"likeCount":"1","ratingCount":1,"viewCount":283,"favoriteCount":0,"commentCount":0,"accessControl":
{"comment":"allowed","commentVote":"allowed","videoRespond":"moderated","rate":"allowed","embed":"allowed","list":"allowed",
"autoPlay":"allowed","syndicate":"allowed"}}}]}}

I want the output like this

sqDefault  |   hqDefault

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Kw8m5S2OhPs/default.jpg,|https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Kw8m5S2OhPs/hqdefault.jpg

what type of Output as you expected..tel me format

RaMeSh
– RaMeSh

2015-04-10 05:13:24 +00:00
Commented Apr 10, 2015 at 5:13 — RaMeSh
– RaMeSh, Commented Apr 10, 2015 at 5:13
ok you can see the output above now

badr aldeen
– badr aldeen

2015-04-10 05:21:06 +00:00
Commented Apr 10, 2015 at 5:21 — badr aldeen
– badr aldeen, Commented Apr 10, 2015 at 5:21

RaMeSh · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-10 05:58:54Z

4

After many trials this is working fine.

I have tested in my local system.

Here is code:--

<?php
$json_output = file_get_contents("https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/playlists/PL3n6kxxrIGdat31ZIf_7wlqtT3I20OqLL?v=2&alt=jsonc");
$json = json_decode($json_output);
error_reporting(0);
foreach($json->data->thumbnail as $image) {
   echo $image.",|";
}

?>

Output:-

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XIhVZqCVqhs/default.jpg,|https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XIhVZqCVqhs/hqdefault.jpg

Hope this helps

edited Apr 10, 2015 at 5:58

answered Apr 10, 2015 at 5:38

RaMeSh

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Havelock · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-10 05:48:27Z

Firstly, if you'd like to access the JSON structure as an object (as opposed to an array) drop the second argument of json_decode(), otherwise you end up with an array as $json. Have a look at the first example to see the difference.
Then you should loop through the items array. Each of its elements has a video property, which has the thumbnailproperty you want

$json_output = file_get_contents("https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/playlists/PL3n6kxxrIGdat31ZIf_7wlqtT3I20OqLL?v=2&alt=jsonc");
$json = json_decode($json_output);
foreach ($json->data->items as $item) {
    echo $item->video->thumbnail->sqDefault;
    echo $item->video->thumbnail->hqDefault;
}

should do the job. You can see it in action.

To get a clear picture of the structure one of the many online available JSON viewers could help you ;-)

Adrian Cid Almaguer · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-10 05:51:59Z

See that I remove the 2nd param in the json_decode() and I iterate with $json->data->items[0]->video->thumbnail and at the end I remove the final | with rtrim()

You can use this example:

<?php

$json_output = '{"apiVersion":"2.1","data":{"id":"PL3n6kxxrIGdat31ZIf_7wlqtT3I20OqLL","author":"Tutorial top","title":"دورة سيو للمبتدئين [ali baba]","description":"","thumbnail":{"sqDefault":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XIhVZqCVqhs/default.jpg","hqDefault":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XIhVZqCVqhs/hqdefault.jpg"},"content":{"5":"http://www.youtube.com/p/PL3n6kxxrIGdat31ZIf_7wlqtT3I20OqLL"},"totalItems":31,"startIndex":1,"itemsPerPage":1,"items":[{"id":"PLH_kL5FgJPmdcYTGqaMXFsVJJ-pbR_YyiC1Y73R1tfYY","position":1,"author":"Tutorial top","video":{"id":"Kw8m5S2OhPs","uploaded":"2013-11-10T16:04:28.000Z","updated":"2014-02-18T17:59:36.000Z","uploader":"vkd-nAV91SLMCYNBKGJmsA","category":"People","title":"Beginners SEO Tutorial Course   Intro","description":"","thumbnail":
{"sqDefault":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Kw8m5S2OhPs/default.jpg","hqDefault":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Kw8m5S2OhPs/hqdefault.jpg"},"player":{"default":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Kw8m5S2OhPs&feature=youtube_gdata_player","mobile":"https://m.youtube.com/details?v=Kw8m5S2OhPs"},"content":{"5":"https://www.youtube.com/v/Kw8m5S2OhPs?version=3&f=playlists&app=youtube_gdata","1":"rtsp://r8---sn-4g57kues.c.youtube.com/CiULENy73wIaHAn7hI4t5SYPKxMYDSANFEgGUglwbGF5bGlzdHMM/0/0/0/video.3gp","6":"rtsp://r8---sn-
4g57kues.c.youtube.com/CiULENy73wIaHAn7hI4t5SYPKxMYESARFEgGUglwbGF5bGlzdHMM/0/0/0/video.3gp"},"duration":413,"aspectRatio":"widescreen","rating":5.0,"likeCount":"1","ratingCount":1,"viewCount":283,"favoriteCount":0,"commentCount":0,"accessControl":
{"comment":"allowed","commentVote":"allowed","videoRespond":"moderated","rate":"allowed","embed":"allowed","list":"allowed",
    "autoPlay":"allowed","syndicate":"allowed"}}}]}}';
 /*
  * If you want use the URL remove the comments
 */   
//$json_output = file_get_contents("https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/playlists/PL3n6kxxrIGdat31ZIf_7wlqtT3I20OqLL?v=2&alt=jsonc");

    $json = json_decode($json_output);
    $string = '';

    foreach($json->data->items[0]->video->thumbnail as $day) {


  $string .= $day . "|";
}

echo rtrim($string, '|');

Output:

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Kw8m5S2OhPs/default.jpg|https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Kw8m5S2OhPs/hqdefault.jpg

Shaunak D · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-10 06:45:12Z

-1

try removing true from json_decode()

edited Apr 10, 2015 at 6:45

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answered Apr 10, 2015 at 5:23

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4 Comments

Nikko Over a year ago

add "video" to foreach. foreach($json->data->items->video->thumbnail as $day) I am making a mess in your code :)

badr aldeen Over a year ago

the same the last problem no thing appear to me

Nikko Over a year ago

when you var_dump($json); what do you see?

badr aldeen Over a year ago

thank you for your care :) my problem is solved and for your code i'm not using javascript in my project

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