Json decoding and displaying in php

Question

So i've got a list with local weather details, http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=Schimmert,nl. And I want to display some of that in formation via php on my site, but can't really find out how JSON is something completely new for me.

And the only thing i managed to do right now is this: http://jeroenonline.biz/JSON/index.php. So this is a simple script:

$getData = file_get_contents( "http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=Schimmert,nl");
 
$decode = json_decode($getData);
 
echo "<pre>";
print_r($decode);

Answer 1

using the link

http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=Schimmert,nl

without the "." gives me a response

{
    "message": "Error: Not found city",
    "cod": "404"
}

<?php

$getData = file_get_contents( "http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=Schimmert,nl");

$decode = json_decode($getData);

// accessing it through object
echo $decode->message;
echo "<br/>";
echo $decode->cod;

// accessit via array
// set true the second parameter or the json_decode($encoded_data, TRUE)
// to give you array
$decode = json_decode($getData, TRUE);

echo "<br/>";
echo $decode['message'];
echo "<br/>";
echo $decode['cod'];

so when use the link with the "."

http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=Schimmert,nl.

gives a response of :

{
    "coord": {
        "lon": 5.83,
        "lat": 50.91
    },
    "sys": {
        "message": 0.0287,
        "country": "Netherlands",
        "sunrise": 1430884846,
        "sunset": 1430939149
    },
    "weather": [
        {
            "id": 800,
            "main": "Clear",
            "description": "Sky is Clear",
            "icon": "01n"
        }
    ],
    "base": "stations",
    "main": {
        "temp": 284.923,
        "temp_min": 284.923,
        "temp_max": 284.923,
        "pressure": 1012.18,
        "sea_level": 1023.56,
        "grnd_level": 1012.18,
        "humidity": 67
    },
    "wind": {
        "speed": 6.06,
        "deg": 219.002
    },
    "clouds": {
        "all": 0
    },
    "dt": 1430875602,
    "id": 0,
    "name": "Nuth",
    "cod": 200
}

to show the the result

// sample to access coord
echo $decode->coord->lon;
echo $decode->coord->lat;

// sample to access sys
echo $decode->sys->message;
echo $decode->sys->country;

// sample to access weather
echo $decode->weather[0]->id;
echo $decode->weather[0]->main;
echo $decode->weather[0]->description;

// sample to access main
echo $decode->main->temp;
echo $decode->main->temp_min;


// sample to access wind
echo $decode->wind->speed;

// sample to access clouds
echo $decode->clouds->all;

echo $decode->id;
echo $decode->name;
echo $decode->cod;