PHP parsing json_decode outputting nothing

Question

This code is supposed to return the value of /architecture/building_occupant/buildings_occupied from the Json Freebase file, but it doesn't do anything.

   <?php
    $url = "https://www.googleapis.com/freebase/v1/topic/en/barack_obama?filter=all";
    $json = file_get_contents($url);
    $json = str_replace('/', 'www', $json);
    $json = str_replace('_', 'www', $json);
    $data = json_decode($json, TRUE);
    echo $data->property->wwwarchitecturewwwbuildingwwwoccupantwwwbuildingswwwoccupied->values->text;
    ?>

I don't seem to get an error message, either...

please assist, and thank you!

Shankar Narayana Damodaran · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-05 08:15:25Z

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You are accessing the object as an array ! You should change your statement like this.

$data = json_decode($json); //<--- Remove the TRUE , Adding TRUE will turn it into an array.

answered Mar 5, 2014 at 8:15

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user55335 Over a year ago

I've done many a dumb things in my life, but this might be the dumbest. Thanks a lot. :)

Jorge Y. C. Rodriguez Over a year ago

@user55335 and this is just funny... wwwarchitecturewwwbuildingwwwoccupantwwwbuildingswwwoccupied

user55335 Over a year ago

I know it is, I'm just quickly (dirtily) trying to test something, though I know there is never an excuse for fugly code :) @jycr753

Robin Webdev · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-05 08:20:50Z

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$data is an array when you use json_decode($json, TRUE)

Use:

$data['property']['wwwarchitecturewwwbuildingwwwoccupantwwwbuildingswwwoccupied']['values']['text']

to output the data

answered Mar 5, 2014 at 8:20

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