How to search through a JSON Array in PHP

Question

I have a JSON array

{
  \"people\":[
    {
      \"id\": \"8080\",
      \"content\": \"foo\"
    },
    { 
      \"id\": \"8097\",
      \"content\": \"ba         


        

Answer 1

json_decode() it and treat like any other array or StdClass object

$arr = json_decode('{
  "people":[
    {
      "id": "8080",
      "content": "foo"
    },
    { 
      "id": "8097",
      "content": "bar"
    }
  ]
}',true);

$results = array_filter($arr['people'], function($people) {
  return $people['id'] == 8097;
});


var_dump($results);

/* 
array(1) {
  [1]=>
  array(2) {
    ["id"]=>
    string(4) "8097"
    ["content"]=>
    string(3) "bar"
  }
}
*/