Convert json to array php gives Array to string conversion

Question

I have a json as shown below.I want to access the value of adult.However when i do echo json_decode($json_response, true); i get Array to string conversion.What is wrong here ?

 {
      "responses": [
        {
          "safeSearchAnnotation": {
            "adult": "VERY_UNLIKELY",
            "spoof": "VERY_UNLIKELY",
            "medical": "UNLIKELY",
            "violence": "LIKELY"
          }
        }
      ]
    }

Answer 1

The function json_decode returns an array. You can't echo an array, or you'll get that conversion error.

You want to use print_r instead:

print_r(json_decode($json_response, true));

See here: https://3v4l.org/K3UfP