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can't work with a json returned string

i have a json string i'm capturing form piwik analytics, for page hit

heres the data

a:1:{i:0;a:18:{s:5:"label";s:27:"/single_event_page.php?id=2";s:9:"nb_visits";i:1;s:7:"nb_hits";i:1;s:14:"sum_time_spent";i:714;s:28:"nb_hits_with_time_generation";s:1:"1";s:19:"min_time_generation";d:0.409999999999999975575093458246556110680103302001953125;s:19:"max_time_generation";d:0.409999999999999975575093458246556110680103302001953125;s:15:"entry_nb_visits";s:1:"1";s:16:"entry_nb_actions";s:1:"2";s:22:"entry_sum_visit_length";s:3:"715";s:18:"entry_bounce_count";s:1:"0";s:26:"sum_daily_nb_uniq_visitors";i:1;s:32:"sum_daily_entry_nb_uniq_visitors";i:1;s:16:"avg_time_on_page";d:714;s:11:"bounce_rate";s:2:"0%";s:9:"exit_rate";s:2:"0%";s:19:"avg_time_generation";d:0.409999999999999975575093458246556110680103302001953125;s:3:"url";s:52:"http://completelocal.info/single_event_page.php?id=2";}}

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i've tried varous way to try and use this info and everything i try either is blank or null as a return so what am i doing wrong
im trying to see how many unique hits are on the page

heres my code i have

<?
//****************************************************************
// Filename..: __.php
// Author....: __
// Date......: mm/dd/yyyy
// Purpose...: __
// SQL.......: server/database/tables/tablename
//****************************************************************
// include("filename.php");

function prettyPrint( $json )
{
    $result = '';
    $level = 0;
    $prev_char = '';
    $in_quotes = false;
    $ends_line_level = NULL;
    $json_length = strlen( $json );

    for( $i = 0; $i < $json_length; $i++ ) {
        $char = $json[$i];
        $new_line_level = NULL;
        $post = "";
        if( $ends_line_level !== NULL ) {
            $new_line_level = $ends_line_level;
            $ends_line_level = NULL;
        }
        if( $char === '"' && $prev_char != '\\' ) {
            $in_quotes = !$in_quotes;
        } else if( ! $in_quotes ) {
            switch( $char ) {
                case '}': case ']':
                    $level--;
                    $ends_line_level = NULL;
                    $new_line_level = $level;
                    break;

                case '{': case '[':
                    $level++;
                case ',':
                    $ends_line_level = $level;
                    break;

                case ':':
                    $post = " ";
                    break;

                case " ": case "\t": case "\n": case "\r":
                    $char = "";
                    $ends_line_level = $new_line_level;
                    $new_line_level = NULL;
                    break;
            }
        }
        if( $new_line_level !== NULL ) {
            $result .= "\n".str_repeat( "\t", $new_line_level );
        }
        $result .= $char.$post;
        $prev_char = $char;
    }

    return $result;
}

$id ="2";
$url = "http://xxxx.xxx/analytics/index.php?module=API&method=Actions.getPageUrl&pageUrl=/single_event_page.php?id=" . $id . "&idSite=1&period=month&date=today&format=php&filter_limit=1&token_auth=0a653dd77008f450c5ca2493f4e9046c";
echo "url info: ".$url;
$page_hits_info = file_get_contents($url);
$contents = file_get_contents($url); 
$contents = utf8_encode($contents); 
$results = json_decode($contents);
echo "<br>";
$json=$results;
var_dump(json_decode($json));
echo "<br>";
var_dump(json_decode($json, true));
/**/

echo "<br>";
echo "<pre>";
var_dump($json);
echo "</pre>";


echo "<br> new <br>";
$id ="2";
$url = "http://xxxx.xxx/analytics/index.php?module=API&method=Actions.getPageUrl&pageUrl=/single_event_page.php?id=" . $id . "&idSite=1&period=month&date=today&format=php&filter_limit=1&token_auth=0a653dd77008f450c5ca2493f4e9046c";

$json_string = $url;
$jsondata = file_get_contents($json_string);
$obj = json_decode($jsondata);
echo "<pre>";
var_dump($obj);
echo "</pre>";



$json_data1='a:1:{i:0;a:18:{s:5:"label";s:27:"/single_event_page.php?id=2";s:9:"nb_visits";i:1;s:7:"nb_hits";i:1;s:14:"sum_time_spent";i:714;s:28:"nb_hits_with_time_generation";s:1:"1";s:19:"min_time_generation";d:0.409999999999999975575093458246556110680103302001953125;s:19:"max_time_generation";d:0.409999999999999975575093458246556110680103302001953125;s:15:"entry_nb_visits";s:1:"1";s:16:"entry_nb_actions";s:1:"2";s:22:"entry_sum_visit_length";s:3:"715";s:18:"entry_bounce_count";s:1:"0";s:26:"sum_daily_nb_uniq_visitors";i:1;s:32:"sum_daily_entry_nb_uniq_visitors";i:1;s:16:"avg_time_on_page";d:714;s:11:"bounce_rate";s:2:"0%";s:9:"exit_rate";s:2:"0%";s:19:"avg_time_generation";d:0.409999999999999975575093458246556110680103302001953125;s:3:"url";s:52:"http://xxxx.xxx/single_event_page.php?id=2";}';
$obj1 = json_decode($json_data1);
echo "<pre>";
var_dump($obj1);
echo "</pre>";


?>

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note: i changed the domain name

thank you in advance for any code or help you may provide

Gary

That is not valid JSON

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Robert Schutt

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Robert Schutt

I just tested out the other option, if you want to work with the current format (php serialized string), use unserialize instead of json_decode.

I only tried out the literal string, which needed some changes near the end to work:

$json_data1='a:1:{i:0;a:18:{s:5:"label";s:27:"/single_event_page.php?id=2";s:9:"nb_visits";i:1;s:7:"nb_hits";i:1;s:14:"sum_time_spent";i:714;s:28:"nb_hits_with_time_generation";s:1:"1";s:19:"min_time_generation";d:0.409999999999999975575093458246556110680103302001953125;s:19:"max_time_generation";d:0.409999999999999975575093458246556110680103302001953125;s:15:"entry_nb_visits";s:1:"1";s:16:"entry_nb_actions";s:1:"2";s:22:"entry_sum_visit_length";s:3:"715";s:18:"entry_bounce_count";s:1:"0";s:26:"sum_daily_nb_uniq_visitors";i:1;s:32:"sum_daily_entry_nb_uniq_visitors";i:1;s:16:"avg_time_on_page";d:714;s:11:"bounce_rate";s:2:"0%";s:9:"exit_rate";s:2:"0%";s:19:"avg_time_generation";d:0.409999999999999975575093458246556110680103302001953125;s:3:"url";s:42:"http://xxxx.xxx/single_event_page.php?id=2";}}'; // note changed s:52 to s:42 and added }

$obj1 = unserialize($json_data1);

echo "<pre>";
var_dump($obj1);
echo "</pre>";

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You can see that it works on my site here: http://schutt.nl/ee/Q_28289970/

Johnny

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i changed the output to json thanks for that
now how do i get the value please?

array(1) {
  [0]=>
  object(stdClass)#1 (18) {
    ["label"]=>
    string(27) "/single_event_page.php?id=2"
    ["nb_visits"]=>
    int(1)
    ["nb_hits"]=>
    int(1)
    ["sum_time_spent"]=>
    int(714)
    ["nb_hits_with_time_generation"]=>
    string(1) "1"
    ["min_time_generation"]=>
    float(0.41)
    ["max_time_generation"]=>
    float(0.41)
    ["entry_nb_visits"]=>
    string(1) "1"
    ["entry_nb_actions"]=>
    string(1) "2"
    ["entry_sum_visit_length"]=>
    string(3) "715"
    ["entry_bounce_count"]=>
    string(1) "0"
    ["sum_daily_nb_uniq_visitors"]=>
    int(1)
    ["sum_daily_entry_nb_uniq_visitors"]=>
    int(1)
    ["avg_time_on_page"]=>
    int(714)
    ["bounce_rate"]=>
    string(2) "0%"
    ["exit_rate"]=>
    string(2) "0%"
    ["avg_time_generation"]=>
    float(0.41)
    ["url"]=>
    string(52) "http://completelocal.info/single_event_page.php?id=2"
  }
}

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echo "page hits: ".$page_hits['0']['nb_hits'];

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does not seam to work

Johnny

ASKER

echo "page hits: ".$page_hits['0'];

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returns

Catchable fatal error: Object of class stdClass could not be converted to string in /home/local/public_html/page_hits.php on line 80

so how do i get the nb hits please??

Robert Schutt

That can have a number of reasons, for starters there is no $page_hits variable in your original posted code so can you check that and if it's there now please show your current code?

Johnny

ASKER

<?
//****************************************************************
// Filename..: __.php
// Author....: __
// Date......: mm/dd/yyyy
// Purpose...: __
// SQL.......: server/database/tables/tablename
//****************************************************************
// include("filename.php");

function prettyPrint( $json )
{
    $result = '';
    $level = 0;
    $prev_char = '';
    $in_quotes = false;
    $ends_line_level = NULL;
    $json_length = strlen( $json );

    for( $i = 0; $i < $json_length; $i++ ) {
        $char = $json[$i];
        $new_line_level = NULL;
        $post = "";
        if( $ends_line_level !== NULL ) {
            $new_line_level = $ends_line_level;
            $ends_line_level = NULL;
        }
        if( $char === '"' && $prev_char != '\\' ) {
            $in_quotes = !$in_quotes;
        } else if( ! $in_quotes ) {
            switch( $char ) {
                case '}': case ']':
                    $level--;
                    $ends_line_level = NULL;
                    $new_line_level = $level;
                    break;

                case '{': case '[':
                    $level++;
                case ',':
                    $ends_line_level = $level;
                    break;

                case ':':
                    $post = " ";
                    break;

                case " ": case "\t": case "\n": case "\r":
                    $char = "";
                    $ends_line_level = $new_line_level;
                    $new_line_level = NULL;
                    break;
            }
        }
        if( $new_line_level !== NULL ) {
            $result .= "\n".str_repeat( "\t", $new_line_level );
        }
        $result .= $char.$post;
        $prev_char = $char;
    }

    return $result;
}

$id ="2";
$url = "http:/xxx.xxx/analytics/index.php?module=API&method=Actions.getPageUrl&pageUrl=/single_event_page.php?id=" . $id . "&idSite=1&period=month&date=today&format=json&filter_limit=1&token_auth=0a653dd77008f450c5ca2493f4e9046c";
echo "url info: ".$url;


$json_string = $url;
$jsondata = file_get_contents($json_string);
$page_hits = json_decode($jsondata);
echo "<pre>";
echo prettyPrint($jsondata);
echo "</pre>";
echo "<pre>";
var_dump($page_hits);
echo "</pre>";


echo "<pre>";
var_dump($page_hits['0']['stdClass']);
echo "</pre>";

echo "page hits: ".$page_hits['0']['stdClass']['nb_hits'];







?>

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opps sorry forgot that part

Robert Schutt

could you also please post the json string because it could be slightly different than the unserialized php string I have now.

Robert Schutt

As an aside, after unserializing the string you posted before, the following code works:

echo "nb_hits: ".$obj1[0]['nb_hits'];

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Johnny

ASKER

[{"label":"\/single_event_page.php?id=2","nb_visits":1,"nb_hits":1,"sum_time_spent":714,"nb_hits_with_time_generation":"1","min_time_generation":0.41,"max_time_generation":0.41,"entry_nb_visits":"1","entry_nb_actions":"2","entry_sum_visit_length":"715","entry_bounce_count":"0","sum_daily_nb_uniq_visitors":1,"sum_daily_entry_nb_uniq_visitors":1,"avg_time_on_page":714,"bounce_rate":"0%","exit_rate":"0%","avg_time_generation":0.41,"url":"http:\/\/xxx.xxx\/single_event_page.php?id=2"}]

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Robert Schutt

Ok, I'll have a look. In the mean time, another question...

Your posted code has an extra bit in it:

['stdClass']

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Which is not present in the posts where you ask how to get to the info. Is that part of the problem?

Johnny

ASKER

Your posted code has an extra bit in it: ['stdClass']

no idea i get it if i var_dump it

Johnny

ASKER

$json_string = $url;
$jsondata = file_get_contents($json_string);
$page_hits = json_decode($jsondata);

echo "<pre>";
var_dump($page_hits);
echo "</pre>";

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outputs

array(1) {
  [0]=>
  object(stdClass)#1 (18) {
    ["label"]=>
    string(27) "/single_event_page.php?id=2"
    ["nb_visits"]=>
    int(1)
    ["nb_hits"]=>
    int(1)
    ["sum_time_spent"]=>
    int(714)
    ["nb_hits_with_time_generation"]=>
    string(1) "1"
    ["min_time_generation"]=>
    float(0.41)
    ["max_time_generation"]=>
    float(0.41)
    ["entry_nb_visits"]=>
    string(1) "1"
    ["entry_nb_actions"]=>
    string(1) "2"
    ["entry_sum_visit_length"]=>
    string(3) "715"
    ["entry_bounce_count"]=>
    string(1) "0"
    ["sum_daily_nb_uniq_visitors"]=>
    int(1)
    ["sum_daily_entry_nb_uniq_visitors"]=>
    int(1)
    ["avg_time_on_page"]=>
    int(714)
    ["bounce_rate"]=>
    string(2) "0%"
    ["exit_rate"]=>
    string(2) "0%"
    ["avg_time_generation"]=>
    float(0.41)
    ["url"]=>
    string(52) "http://xxxxx/single_event_page.php?id=2"
  }
}

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Robert Schutt

quick check to loop over all items:

foreach ($page_hits[0] as $key => $val) {
    echo "$key: $val<br>";
}

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You can see the output here: http://schutt.nl/ee/Q_28289970/index2.php

Johnny

ASKER

Thank so much