PHP stdobject with @ symbol for key

Question

From a json decode, I have an std that has a key called

@MyKey

Note the @ symbol prefix. I'm not sure how to access it because doing:

$item['@MyKey']

Results in

 Cannot use object of type stdClass as array

And doing

$item->@MyKey

Results in

 syntax error, unexpected '@', expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 23 '13 at 13:55

3

Just figured it out:

$item->{'@MyKey'}

answered May 23 '13 at 13:55

K2xL

Note that you can also decode your json as plain arrays, by passing `true` as second parameter: `json_decode(..., true)`. – Arnaud Le Blanc May 23 '13 at 13:57
Make sure to mark this as the correct answer when you can to help future visitors. Perhaps you could also provide some reference or documentation to explain your solution? – Kermit May 23 '13 at 13:57
@FreshPrinceOfSO I can't accept my own answer for another two days. – K2xL May 23 '13 at 14:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 23 '13 at 13:57

0

You can access them using the curly syntax. Example:

$json = '{ "@test"  : { "@foo" : "bar" }}';

$obj = json_decode($json);

echo $obj->{'@test'}->{'@foo'};

answered May 23 '13 at 13:57

hek2mgl

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 23 '13 at 14:57

0

you can cast the item to an array and use array accessors as normal

$itemArray = (array)$item; 

echo $itemArray["@MyKey"];

answered May 23 '13 at 14:57

Orangepill

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