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Tom Canfarotta
Tom Canfarotta

Reputation: 773

PHP Array Echo Not Working

I have an array like: 

[meta] => Array (
  [company] => Company, LLC
  [confirmation] => 6391381
  [reference] => None
  [service] => Service
  [timestamp] => 2016-04-25 11:12:54
  [user] => company
)
[result] => Array (
  [action] => REVIEW
  [detail] => TRANSACTION REQUIRES FURTHER ATTENTION
  [issues] => Array (
      [0] => DOB CHECK FAILED
    )
)
[output] =>  Array ( )

I am attempting to echo the 'action' value like this:

$json_result = json_decode($result, true); 
echo "$json_result[result]['action']";

But instead of getting 'REVIEW' I am getting: 'Array['action']'

Any thoughts?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 516

Answers (3)

Gergely Lukacsy
Gergely Lukacsy

Reputation: 3074

You're missing the apostrophes from the first index:

$json_result[result]['action'];

It should look like this:

$json_result['result']['action'];
             ^      ^

Edit: You can use regular php syntax to address array values if you put the whole expression between curly braces ( { ):

echo "This is the result: {$json_result['result']['action']};"

...or simply remove the double quotes (") from echo.

More info here: php echo

Upvotes: 1

serakfalcon
serakfalcon

Reputation: 3531

using arrays inside strings leads to madness. or at least horrible frustration.

as Jon Stirling pointed out, in your case why even bother putting the variable in a double quote?

echo $json_result['result']['action'];

works just fine. If you must use an array inside a string, escape it with curly braces

echo "{$json_result['result']['action']}";

Upvotes: 2

WhSol
WhSol

Reputation: 116

To review all array

print_r($json_result);

To view only action

echo $json_result['result']['action'];

Upvotes: 0

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