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<title>RTH Elections Site: Using JSON in PHP</title>
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<h1>RTH Elections Site: Using JSON in PHP</h1>
<?php
$url = 'http://elections.raisethehammer.org/api/election/1';
# fetch the data from the API page
$response = file_get_contents($url);
# json_decode requires PHP 5.2+
# true - decodes the JSON object into a PHP array, not a PHP object
$obj = json_decode($response, true);
$details = $obj['details'];
print '<h2>Details</h2>';
print '<ul>';
foreach ($details as $key => $detail) {
print '<li><strong>'.$key.'</strong>: '.$details[$key].'</li>';
}
print '</ul>';
$candidates = $obj['candidates'];
print '<h2>Candidates</h2>';
foreach ($candidates as $candidate) {
print '<h3>'.$candidate['name'].'</h3>';
print '<ul>';
foreach ($candidate as $key => $detail) {
print '<li><strong>'.$key.'</strong>: '.$candidate[$key].'</li>';
}
print '</ul>';
}
$questions = $obj['questions'];
print '<h2>Questions</h2>';
foreach ($questions as $question) {
print '<ul>';
foreach ($question as $key => $detail) {
print '<li><strong>'.$key.'</strong>: '.$question[$key].'</li>';
}
print '</ul>';
}
?>
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