Hey I'm having some issues using cURL (I can't use file_get_contents because my web host won't allow it) to access parts of the wunderground weather api.
When I use the following code to access info on weather conditions I have no issues whatsoever:
<? $json_url = 'http://api.wunderground.com/api/b2b4a1ad0a889006/geolookup/conditions
/q/IA/Cedar_Rapids.json';
// jSON String for request
$json_string = '[http://api.wunderground.com/api/b2b4a1ad0a889006/geolookup/conditions
/q/IA/Cedar_Rapids.json]';
// Initializing curl
$ch = curl_init( $json_url );
// Configuring curl options
$options = array(
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
);
// Setting curl options
curl_setopt_array( $ch, $options );
// Getting results
$result = curl_exec($ch); // Getting jSON result string
$parsed_json = json_decode($result);
$location = $parsed_json->{'location'}->{'city'};
$temp_f = $parsed_json->{'current_observation'}->{'temp_f'};
echo "Current temperature in ${location} is: ${temp_f}\n";
?>
However, when I make slight modifications in order to get data on high and low tides using the following code I get nothing:
<? $json_url = 'http://api.wunderground.com/api/b2b4a1ad0a889006/tide/q/NJ/Wildwood.json';
// jSON String for request
$json_string = '[http://api.wunderground.com/api/b2b4a1ad0a889006/tide/q/NJ/Wildwood.json]';
// Initializing curl
$ch = curl_init( $json_url );
// Configuring curl options
$options = array(
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
);
// Setting curl options
curl_setopt_array( $ch, $options );
// Getting results
$result = curl_exec($ch); // Getting jSON result string
$tide_time = $parsed_json->{'tide'}->{'tideSummary'}->{'date'}->{'pretty'};
echo "High tide is at ${tide_time} ";
?>
Now I know the issue may be that I'm dealing with an array in the second example but I'm not sure how to modify the code. I know that the record for the first low tide is [3] and I've tried making the following modification with no luck.
$tide_time = $parsed_json->{'tide'}->{'tideSummary'}->[3]->{'date'}->{'pretty'};
echo "High tide is at ${tide_time} ";
Any help would be greatly appreciated!