(PHP Extension) Iterate JSON where Member Names are Data Values

Demonstrates how to parse JSON where member names are not keywords, but instead are data values.

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<?php

// The version number (9_5_0) should match version of the Chilkat extension used, omitting the micro-version number.
// For example, if using Chilkat v9.5.0.48, then include as shown here:
include("chilkat_9_5_0.php");

$json = new CkJsonObject();

$success = $json->LoadFile('qa_data/json/valuesAsNames.json');

// Imagine we have JSON such as the following:

// {
//   "1680": {
//     "entity_id": "1680",
//     "type_id": "simple",
//     "sku": "123"
//   },
//   "1701": {
//     "entity_id": "1701",
//     "type_id": "simple",
//     "sku": "456"
//   }
// }
// 

// This presents a parsing problem because the member names, such as "1680"
// are not keywords.  Instead they are data values.  We don't know what they
// may be in advance.  

// To solve, we iterate over the members, get the name of each, ...
$numMembers = $json->get_Size();

for ($i = 0; $i <= $numMembers - 1; $i++) {

    $name = $json->nameAt($i);

    print $name . ':' . "\n";
    // jRecord is a CkJsonObject
    $jRecord = $json->ObjectAt($i);

    print 'entity_id: ' . $jRecord->stringOf('entity_id') . "\n";
    print 'type_id: ' . $jRecord->stringOf('type_id') . "\n";
    print 'sku: ' . $jRecord->stringOf('sku') . "\n";

}


?>