How to get specific data from a complicated json via PHP

I have this JSON output:

or…

{"info":{"statuscode":0,"copyright":{"text":"u00A9 2020 MapQuest, Inc.","imageUrl":"http://api.mqcdn.com/res/mqlogo.gif","imageAltText":"u00A9 2020 MapQuest, Inc."},"messages":[]},"options":{"maxResults":-1,"thumbMaps":true,"ignoreLatLngInput":false},"results":[{"providedLocation":{"location":"dizingof 30 tel aviv"},"locations":[{"street":"30 Dizengoff","adminArea6":"Lev HaIr","adminArea6Type":"Neighborhood","adminArea5":"Tel Aviv-Yafo","adminArea5Type":"City","adminArea4":"","adminArea4Type":"County","adminArea3":"Tel Aviv District","adminArea3Type":"State","adminArea1":"IL","adminArea1Type":"Country","postalCode":"NO","geocodeQualityCode":"P1XXX","geocodeQuality":"POINT","dragPoint":false,"sideOfStreet":"N","linkId":"0","unknownInput":"","type":"s","latLng":{"lat":32.074559,"lng":34.777848},"displayLatLng":{"lat":32.074559,"lng":34.777848},"mapUrl":"http://open.mapquestapi.com/staticmap/v5/map?key=aem9j0suA3OtGfn3Ww3eWfMh8PkxwdPO&type=map&size=225,160&locations=32.074559,34.777848|marker-sm-50318A-1&scalebar=true&zoom=15&rand=2104114146"},{"street":"Dizengoff","adminArea6":"Sarona Gardens","adminArea6Type":"Neighborhood","adminArea5":"Tel Aviv-Yafo","adminArea5Type":"City","adminArea4":"","adminArea4Type":"County","adminArea3":"Tel Aviv District","adminArea3Type":"State","adminArea1":"IL","adminArea1Type":"Country","postalCode":"NO","geocodeQualityCode":"B1XXX","geocodeQuality":"STREET","dragPoint":false,"sideOfStreet":"N","linkId":"0","unknownInput":"","type":"s","latLng":{"lat":32.073606,"lng":34.781814},"displayLatLng":{"lat":32.073606,"lng":34.781814},"mapUrl":"http://open.mapquestapi.com/staticmap/v5/map?key=aem9j0suA3OtGfn3Ww3eWfMh8PkxwdPO&type=map&size=225,160&locations=32.0736057,34.7818135|marker-sm-50318A-2&scalebar=true&zoom=15&rand=1683341942"},{"street":"Dizengoff","adminArea6":"Lev HaIr","adminArea6Type":"Neighborhood","adminArea5":"Tel Aviv-Yafo","adminArea5Type":"City","adminArea4":"","adminArea4Type":"County","adminArea3":"Tel Aviv District","adminArea3Type":"State","adminArea1":"IL","adminArea1Type":"Country","postalCode":"NO","geocodeQualityCode":"B1XXX","geocodeQuality":"STREET","dragPoint":false,"sideOfStreet":"N","linkId":"0","unknownInput":"","type":"s","latLng":{"lat":32.074859,"lng":34.775842},"displayLatLng":{"lat":32.074859,"lng":34.775842},"mapUrl":"http://open.mapquestapi.com/staticmap/v5/map?key=aem9j0suA3OtGfn3Ww3eWfMh8PkxwdPO&type=map&size=225,160&locations=32.0748594,34.7758419|marker-sm-50318A-3&scalebar=true&zoom=15&rand=-2088802316"},{"street":"Dizengoff","adminArea6":"Kochav HaTsafon","adminArea6Type":"Neighborhood","adminArea5":"Tel Aviv-Yafo","adminArea5Type":"City","adminArea4":"","adminArea4Type":"County","adminArea3":"Tel Aviv District","adminArea3Type":"State","adminArea1":"IL","adminArea1Type":"Country","postalCode":"NO","geocodeQualityCode":"B1XXX","geocodeQuality":"STREET","dragPoint":false,"sideOfStreet":"N","linkId":"0","unknownInput":"","type":"s","latLng":{"lat":32.095439,"lng":34.776301},"displayLatLng":{"lat":32.095439,"lng":34.776301},"mapUrl":"http://open.mapquestapi.com/staticmap/v5/map?key=aem9j0suA3OtGfn3Ww3eWfMh8PkxwdPO&type=map&size=225,160&locations=32.0954392,34.7763013|marker-sm-50318A-4&scalebar=true&zoom=15&rand=2124721012"},{"street":"Dizengoff","adminArea6":"The Old North","adminArea6Type":"Neighborhood","adminArea5":"Tel Aviv-Yafo","adminArea5Type":"City","adminArea4":"","adminArea4Type":"County","adminArea3":"Tel Aviv District","adminArea3Type":"State","adminArea1":"IL","adminArea1Type":"Country","postalCode":"NO","geocodeQualityCode":"B1XXX","geocodeQuality":"STREET","dragPoint":false,"sideOfStreet":"N","linkId":"0","unknownInput":"","type":"s","latLng":{"lat":32.079132,"lng":34.773921},"displayLatLng":{"lat":32.079132,"lng":34.773921},"mapUrl":"http://open.mapquestapi.com/staticmap/v5/map?key=aem9j0suA3OtGfn3Ww3eWfMh8PkxwdPO&type=map&size=225,160&locations=32.0791324,34.773921|marker-sm-50318A-5&scalebar=true&zoom=15&rand=124836944"},{"street":"","adminArea6":"Sarona Gardens","adminArea6Type":"Neighborhood","adminArea5":"Tel Aviv-Yafo","adminArea5Type":"City","adminArea4":"","adminArea4Type":"County","adminArea3":"Tel Aviv District","adminArea3Type":"State","adminArea1":"IL","adminArea1Type":"Country","postalCode":"NO","geocodeQualityCode":"B1XXX","geocodeQuality":"STREET","dragPoint":false,"sideOfStreet":"N","linkId":"0","unknownInput":"","type":"s","latLng":{"lat":32.073517,"lng":34.781844},"displayLatLng":{"lat":32.073517,"lng":34.781844},"mapUrl":"http://open.mapquestapi.com/staticmap/v5/map?key=aem9j0suA3OtGfn3Ww3eWfMh8PkxwdPO&type=map&size=225,160&locations=32.0735171,34.7818443|marker-sm-50318A-6&scalebar=true&zoom=15&rand=237130537"}]}]}

I’m trying to print specific data:

locations -> latLng -> lat

So my output will be: 32.074559

I’ve tried this:

$json = file_get_contents('THE API URL');
$obj = json_decode($json, true);        

echo $obj['locations']['latLng']['lat'];

But it’s not working, show nothing…

Answer

Her is a working example:

echo $obj['results'][0]['locations'][0]['latLng']['lat'];

Output:

32.074559

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