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PHP File Handling with PHP Parsing Specific Formats Reading JSON

Artan Muzhaqi
Artan Muzhaqi
7,983 Points
Posted by Artan Muzhaqi
Artan Muzhaqi
7,983 Points

Why do you use $books->collections what's that for ?

why don't we just use $books->title

Julien Steel
Julien Steel
10,790 Points
Julien Steel
Julien Steel
10,790 Points

If you look at the JSON file you'll see that the object collections contains the array books 

{
    "collection": {
        "books": [
            {
                "title": "Sams Teach Yourself SQL\u2122 in 10 Minutes",
                "link": "https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1874591524?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss",
                "book_image_url": "https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1348383230s/173346.jpg",
                "book_description": "Offering a tutorial to the themes and techniques involved in applying the SQL language, this book includes coverage of versions of major commercial SQL platforms. It also covers MySQL, and PostgreSQL. It contains examples which have been tested against each SQL platform, with incompatibilities or platform distinctives called out and explained.",
                "num_pages": "242",
                "author_name": "Ben Forta",
                "isbn": "0672325675",
                "average_rating": "3.90",
                "book_published": "1999"
            },