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<?php $jsons=[ 'Single'=>'{"docID":451287,"list":{"id":77,"color":"pink"}}', 'Multiple'=>'{"docID":451287,"list":[{"id":85,"color":"blue"},{"id":47,"color":"red"},{"id":12,"color":"green"}]}' ]; foreach($jsons as $type=>$json){ $array=json_decode($json,true); if(isset($array['list']['color'])){ echo "Type = $type, Value = {$array['list']['color']}"; }else{ echo "Type = $type, Values = ",implode(', ',array_column($array['list'],'color')); } echo "\n"; }
Output for 7.1.0 - 7.1.20, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.16 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.33, 8.2.0 - 8.2.29, 8.3.0 - 8.3.25, 8.4.1 - 8.4.13
Type = Single, Value = pink Type = Multiple, Values = blue, red, green

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