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nick
nick

Reputation: 333

Php code that outputs as an array

I am trying to create a php script that outputs json in the following format but I don't seem to be getting around it.

{
  "authentication_credentials": {
    "api_key": "hybghhmimjij48fr847gt4fdf847v8",
    "app_secret": "84984ff48448gf484198dfs818"
  },
  "sms_payload": [
    {
      "message": "Test Message",
      "msisdn": "123456789",
      "third_party_message_id": "samplestring"
    }
  ],
  "sender_id": "12345"
}

Here is the php code that I am trying to convert json

$api_key = "hybghhmimjij48fr847gt4fdf847v8";
$app_secret = "84984ff48448gf484198dfs818";
$message = "Test Message";
$msisdn = '123456789';
$third_party_message_id = 'samplestring';
$sender_id = '12345';


$data .= array('api_key'=>$api_key,'app_secret'=>$app_secret);
$data .= array('message'=>$message,'msisdn'=>$msisdn,'third_party_message_id'=>$third_party_message_id);
$data .= array('sender_id'=>$sender_id);


$data_string = json_encode($data);
echo  $data_string;

What other twerks should I add to the code to make it output json in the above format.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 51

Answers (2)

devpro
devpro

Reputation: 16117

You can encode as like that:

$data['authentication_credentials'] = array('api_key'=>$api_key,'app_secret'=>$app_secret);

$data['sms_payload'] = array('message'=>$message,'msisdn'=>$msisdn,'third_party_message_id'=>$third_party_message_id); 

$data['sender_id'] = $sender_id;

echo json_encode($data);

Some Explanation:

As per your required json result you need to use associative array not concatenated variables.

UPDATE 1:

After checking your last comments:

that is technically what i wanted to achieve. Thanks it solve my problem. – nick 7 hours ago

I am adding this solution as a UPDATE 1 for future visitors:

$data['sms_payload'] = array(
                        array(
                        'message'=>$message,
                        'msisdn'=>$msisdn,
                        'third_party_message_id'=>$third_party_message_id
                    ));

Result:

"sms_payload":[{"message":"test","msisdn":"111","third_party_message_id":13213}]

Upvotes: 3

Nick
Nick

Reputation: 10143

Use option JSON_PRETTY_PRINT

$data_string = json_encode($data, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
echo  $data_string;

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EDIT

And how I see, you have problems with data prepare, you must write something like this:

$data = (object)[
    "authentication_credentials" =>
        (object)[
        'api_key' => $api_key,
        'app_secret' => $app_secret
    ],
    //...
];

Upvotes: 0

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