- json_decode: documentation ( source)
<?php
$jsonfile = '{
"ph": {
"name": "Philippines",
"color": "green"
},
"ch": {
"name": "China",
"color": "red"
},
"us": {
"name": "USA",
"color": "blue"
}
}';
$data = json_decode($jsonfile, true);
foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
if ($key == 'ph') {
echo $value['name'] . ': ' . $value['color'] . PHP_EOL;
}
}
if (array_key_exists('ph', $data)) {
echo $data['ph']['name'] . ': ' . $data['ph']['color']. PHP_EOL;
}