Online PHP editor | refs for NFC8N

<?php $requestResult = <<<EOT { "name": "Benjamin Clementine", "mbid_id": "578e5d1c-be21-4158-b147-30aad67f207d", "albums": { "68e65535-f133-408d-93dd-205e9555eaa5": { "albumcover": [ { "id": "172070", "url": "http://assets.fanart.tv/fanart/music/578e5d1c-be21-4158-b147-30aad67f207d/albumcover/at-least-for-now-55b74dfa59411.jpg", "likes": "0" } ] } } } EOT; $decodedResult = json_decode($requestResult, true); if (count($decodedResult['albums']) < 1) { die('No albums in result'); } $firstAlbum = reset($decodedResult['albums']); // get first element in albums array if (!isset($firstAlbum['albumcover']) || count($firstAlbum['albumcover']) < 0) { die('No album covers in result for first album'); } echo $firstAlbum['albumcover'][0]['url'];