How to get object value for array

Question

I am new in php and am trying to read text and description from twitter api. My array looks like:

Array
(
    [0] => stdClass Object
        (
            [created_at] => Thu Oct 03 14:50:55 +0000 2013
            [id] => 3.85778998506E+17
            [id_str] => 385778998506033154
            [text] => We tested live-tweeting with @MLB to see if teams could boost follower engagement and their Twitter audience: https://t.co/XPhHmVDNxJ
            [source] => TweetDeck
            [truncated] => 
            [in_reply_to_status_id] => 
            [in_reply_to_status_id_str] => 
            [in_reply_to_user_id] => 
            [in_reply_to_user_id_str] => 
            [in_reply_to_screen_name] => 
            [user] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [id] => 783214
                    [id_str] => 783214
                    [name] => Twitter
                    [screen_name] => twitter
                    [location] => San Francisco, CA
                    [description] => Your official source for news, updates and tips from Twitter, Inc.
                    [url] => http://t.co/5iRhy7wTgu
                    [entities] => stdClass Object

I tried to read like this way but cant print anything echo $tweets->text;

Answer 1

Try this:

echo $tweets[0]->text;
echo $tweets[0]->user->description;

I hope this will help you :)

Answer 2

There is an outer array containing the object. Array access is done via brackets, so you can access the zeroth element via $tweets[0]. Now that you have the object, you can access its properties. All together this would be $tweets[0]->text. To get user values you would use $tweets[0]->user->description, for example.

If there were multiple tweets returned, you could use $tweets[1], etc. to access other tweet values. You can also iterate over these.

foreach ($tweets as $tweet) {
    echo $tweet->text;
}