[RESOLVED] Accessing and reading PHP Object - Novice

[condoug]

Hi

I am integrating with an third party API. After connecting to the endpoint, I use this PHP:

$properties = get_object_vars( $response );
print_r( $properties );

This gives me the following object:

Array
(
    [APIResult] => stdClass Object
        (
            [valid_email] => 1
            [person] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [id] => 12365
                    [firstname] => My
                    [lastname] => Name
                    [email_address] => [e-mail]
                )

        [home] => stdClass Object
            (
                [address_1] => 
                [address_2] => 
                [address_3] => 
                [county_code] => 
                [post_code] => 
                [telephone] => 
            )
        [gender] => M
    )

)

Now what I need is to know in PHP how I can access the values of that object. Take this scenario:

Step 1) Check if [valid_email] is true and if so..
Step 2) echo to the screen "Welcome back [firstname] [lastname]"

I have tried to get the value as below but this returns nothing:

echo $properties->APIResult->valid_email;

What is the correct way to do this?

Thanks in advance.
Doug

[jkon]

I can’t see any object there … all I see is an array and some anonymous (stdClass Objects) … If you want that structure to be represented OOP then you should make relevant objects .. e.g. apiResult with properties valid_email , person , home and gender. Then the properties person and home should be objects with their own properties (e.g. person has id , firstname , lastname , email_address
) . Each property should have getter and setter through PPHO (Plain PHP Object). Build that structure and then use an assigner to assign values to that object structure.

[johanafm]

All stdclass object properties are public. Thus you can access them directly

# each part at a time
$api_result = $properties['APIResult'];
$person = $api_result->Person;
echo $person->firstname;

# or directly
echo $properties['APIResult']->person->firstname;

As for email validation, see [man]filter_var[/man]

[Weedpacket]

condoug wrote:

Now what I need is to know in PHP how I can access the values of that object.

As the very first word the dump you posted states, [font=monospace]$properties[/font] is not an Object but an Array. It has one element with a key of [font=monospace]'APIResult'[/font], and that is an object.

It makes one wonder why you want to use [man]get_object_vars[/man] at this point, though: why not use the [font=monospace]$response->APIResult[/font] object, and its properties (such as [font=monospace]$response->APIResult->valid_email[/font], etc.)?

[condoug]

Ahhh! Thanks guys, I got it now.

Very much appreciated.