Get value of JSON object in PHP variable

Question

I have the following JSON object:

[Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object]
   0: Object
      category: Object
         0: "Value"

I was wondering how I could get 'Value' in a variable in PHP. I thought category[0] would just do it but I get the following instead of 'Value':

 __proto__: Object

What should I do?

Do you mean you have a javascript object (or array of objects it might appear) you want to pass to PHP? What you show is not JSON (JSON is nothing more than a serialization format). What is the actual mechanism proposed for passing the data (i.e. AJAX call)? — Mike Brant
– Mike Brant, Commented Nov 11, 2013 at 20:18
If that's how your JSON looks like it would be $var = json_decode($json); $var[0]['category']['0'] — Tsanyo Tsanev
– Tsanyo Tsanev, Commented Nov 11, 2013 at 20:27
oh wait, try without the '' on the second 0 - $var[0]['category'][0]. Can you paste a larger snipped of your php code? — Tsanyo Tsanev
– Tsanyo Tsanev, Commented Nov 11, 2013 at 20:34

Ladislav M · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-27 18:11:07Z

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You have to converts the JSON string into associative array, which is done by json_decode() with second parameter set as true.

$var = json_decode($json, true); 
$value = $var['0']['category']['0'];

answered Nov 11, 2013 at 22:30

Ladislav M

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