Decode laravel 4 Input::json()

Question

I am having a hard time decoding json input in laravel .. am building a Restful API and when i send post data using RestClient and then die and dump in laravel i got

object(Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\ParameterBag)#205 (1) {
  ["parameters":protected]=>
  array(6) {
    ["firstName"]=>
    string(8) "John"
    ["lastName"]=>
    string(7) "Doe"
    ["bloodGroup"]=>
    string(2) "B+"
    ["phone"]=>
    string(8) "+9999999"
    ["address"]=>
    string(8) "Somecity"
    ["symptoms"]=>
    string(3) "Bla"
  }
}

Now i have tied to access the data using

$data = Input::json();
echo $data->firstName;

that does not work .. tried to convert it to array and then access like $data['firstName'] does not work .

array(1) {
  ["*parameters"] =>
  array(6) {
    ["firstName"]=>
    string(8) "John"
    ["lastName"]=>
    string(7) "Doe"
    ["bloodGroup"]=>
    string(2) "B+"
    ["phone"]=>
    string(8) "+9999999"
    ["address"]=>
    string(8) "Somecity"
    ["symptoms"]=>
    string(3) "Bla"
  }
}

i want to decode the data then save it to db, Here is a tutorial building similar App ..

I have tried the post_index() method explained here but no luck .

http://maxoffsky.com/maxoffsky-blog/building-restful-api-in-laravel-part-2-design-api-controller/

As you can see `firstName` is inside of the `*parameters` array, hence can be accessed by `$data['*parameters']['firstName']`, however there's probably a reason that they're protected. — h2ooooooo, Apr 27 '14 at 18:21

Marwelln · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-27T18:39:38.720

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You can use ->get() to access properties from a Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\ParameterBag response.

$input = Input::json();
$input->get('firstName')

You can also get all inputs as an array and then type cast it to an object with (object). Note that this will throw an error if your property doesn't exists, so if I where you, I would use the ->get() method mentioned above.

$input = (object)Input::all();
$input->firstName;

edited Apr 27 '14 at 18:39

answered Apr 27 '14 at 18:28

Marwelln

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that gives `object(stdClass)#205 (0) {}` – sh0umik Apr 27 '14 at 18:36
@user2202757, that means that your object is empty. – Marwelln Apr 27 '14 at 18:38
Well Input::all() returns an empty array – sh0umik Apr 27 '14 at 18:38
i used var_dump to see all the input data grabbed by Input::all() then it returns an empty array and error but if i use dd() then i can see the data .Strange problem .. But Thank you Input::all() works fine .... – sh0umik Apr 27 '14 at 18:49
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@user2202757 you must set your request 'Content-Type' header to 'application/json' to see those inputs in Input::all() collection. – datashaman Jun 08 '14 at 11:31
@Marwelln Thanks sir. – Jun 14 '15 at 18:29

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 07 '15 at 07:27

Based on my experiment

If you are sending an array of multiple objects like the following example from the Javascript using JSON

[{crop_id: 1, test_id: 6},{crop_id: 1, test_id: 7},{crop_id: 1, test_id: 8}]

You need to use Input::json()->all() function in PHP.

$arr = Input::json()->all();
$crop_id = $arr[0]['crop_id'];
$test_id = $arr[0]['test_id'];

Decode laravel 4 Input::json()

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