- json_decode: documentation ( source)
- print_r: documentation ( source)
<?php
$leg_id='NCL000018';
$request_url = "http://openstates.org/api/v1/legislators/$leg_id/";
$ch = curl_init($request_url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$result = curl_exec($ch);
$httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);
$legislator = json_decode($result,true);
print_r($legislator);