How to print an element of an object?

[dhimoet]

Hi all,

I have this object:

$time_periods_array = json_decode($data_array[$row_number]['project_timeperiods']); 

Which the print_r produces:

stdClass Object ( [timeperiod1-1] => 1 12:00 AM [timeperiod1-2] => 3 12:30 AM [timeperiod1-3] => A.M. Peak Hour [timeperiod_totaltime] => 0.5 ) 

But it just won't give me any result (error) on:

echo $time_periods_array['timeperiod1-1']; 

So, how do I print an element from it? Thank you in advance for your help.

Dhimoet

[NogDog]

I usually "cheat" and set the optional 2nd parameter for json_decode() to true, so that everything is an array.

[dhimoet]

Hi NogDog,

Thank you for the great solution. I had a similar solution using an extra line, such as:

$time_periods_array = json_decode($data_array[$row_number]['project_timeperiods']);
$time_periods_array = (array) $time_periods_array; 

I never noticed that json_decode had such parameter to do those 2 lines above into just 1 line of code.

Dhimoet