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Ria
Ria

Reputation: 526

How to get array results into a string and echo them out

I am very sorry if this is really obvious how ever I am really struggling to get this to work.

I call the url as follows:

$url = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/distancematrix/json?origins=$postcode1&destinations=$postcode2&mode=driving&language=en-EN&sensor=false&key=MY-KEY";

I have the following return array:

Array
(
    [destination_addresses] => Array
        (
            [0] => Addres_1
        )

    [origin_addresses] => Array
        (
            [0] => Address_2
        )

    [rows] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [elements] => Array
                        (
                            [0] => Array
                                (
                                    [distance] => Array
                                        (
                                            [text] => 18.9 km
                                            [value] => 18862
                                        )

                                    [duration] => Array
                                        (
                                            [text] => 20 mins
                                            [value] => 1184
                                        )

                                    [status] => OK
                                )

                        )

                )

        )

    [status] => OK
)

I am trying to get the distance in a string as follows and the echo it out

$data = file_get_contents($url);
$result = json_decode($data, true);
$distance = $result['rows'][0]['elements'][0]['distance']['text']['value'];

and the echo $distance this echo's out 1 where it should be 18862

any help welcome

Upvotes: 2

Views: 46

Answers (1)

Loko
Loko

Reputation: 6679

Just remove the ['text'] from the: 

$distance = $result['rows'][0]['elements'][0]['distance']['text']['value'];

Making it:

$distance = $result['rows'][0]['elements'][0]['distance']['value'];

text isn't a parent of value

Upvotes: 2

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