I am retrieving data from an api using curl with php. I am able to successfully get a response from the api and retrieve the data i want from it. My problem arises whenever I try to pass the data into an array to be able to return it, as when I use var_dump() on the array it is empty. Any pointers on how to get this array to return its values would be great
// decode json string into array
$output = json_decode($output, true);
// check if the supplied data is an array
if(is_array($output)){
//loop through the first level of the array
foreach($output as $key => $value) {
//assigning variable values
$btcDominance = ["btc_dominance"];
$errorMsg = $value["error_message"];
$errorCode = $value["error_code"];
$timestamp = $value["last_updated"];
//check if the next level is an array and loop through it
if(is_array($value)) {
foreach($value as $key => $values) {
//check if the next level is an array and loop through it
if(is_array($values)) {
foreach($values as $keys => $value3) {
//check if the next level is an array and loop through it
$marketCap = $value3["total_market_cap"];
$volume = $value3["total_volume_24h"];
$values = array('btc' => $btcDominance,
'errMsg' => $errorMsg);
return $values;
}//foreach3
}//isarray 3
}//foreach2
}//is array 2
}//foreach1
}//is array 1
}//end of qryCmc
I think the getValues function might be the reason the array is returning as blank, but if i remove the " ='' " from this function I get an Warning: Missing argument 1 for Cmc::getValues(),
function getValues($values ='') {
return $this->output;
}
}// end of Cmc
$cmc = new Cmc();
var_dump($cmc->getValues());
