Parsing JSON with PHP

Trying to parse JSON data in PHP can be challenging, especially when dealing with multi-dimensional arrays. To simplify the process, it's recommended to parse the JSON as an array rather than an object.

To do this, use the json_decode function with the second argument set to true:

$json = json_decode($data, true);

This will return an array representation of the JSON data. Exploring the array structure using print_r($json) can help determine how to access the desired information.

For instance, to retrieve the title, brand, and description for each product:

foreach($json['items'] as $item) {