Add Facebook json feed to a MySQL db - mysql

Question

I guess this is a big ask. Using PHP I grab this Facebook Graph API json feed json feed link
{
"data": [
{
"id": "10369058551_10150645263758552",
"from": {
"name": "Land Rover",
"category": "Cars",
"id": "10369058551"
},
"message": "This week's Land Rover photo of the week is by Rodrigo Beja. Don't forget to submit your best photos each week to get featured.",
"link": "http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150645263678552&set=a.443106273551.221975.10369058551&type=1",
"icon": "http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/v1/yz/r/StEh3RhPvjk.gif",
"actions": [
{
"name": "Comment",
"link": "http://www.facebook.com/10369058551/posts/10150645263758552"
},
{
"name": "Like",
"link": "http://www.facebook.com/10369058551/posts/10150645263758552"
}
],
"privacy": {
"description": "United Kingdom",
"value": "CUSTOM"
},
"type": "photo",
"object_id": "10150645263678552",
"created_time": "2012-02-03T17:19:03+0000",
"updated_time": "2012-02-03T22:32:28+0000",
"likes": {
"data": [
{
"name": "Mandy Elder",
"id": "100000250758731"
}
],
"count": 85
},
"comments": {
"data": [
{
"id": "10369058551_10150645263758552_6835532",
"from": {
"name": "John Sharp",
"id": "652940638"
},
"message": "This photo was used as part of the g4 challenge publicity photo pack around 2005-6 \nI remember because at the time I used it as a profile pic on msn \n\nAwesome photo - sums it up perfectly - I love it!!",
"created_time": "2012-02-03T21:39:48+0000"
},
{
"id": "10369058551_10150645263758552_6835852",
"from": {
"name": "Kathryn Piddington",
"id": "777370532"
},
"message": "Mud is good for the soul :)",
"created_time": "2012-02-03T22:32:28+0000"
}
],
"count": 14
}
},
{
"id": "10369058551_355476307803889",
"from": {
"name": "Land Rover",
"category": "Cars",
"id": "10369058551"
},
"message": "Click below to watch the new Range Rover Sport advert and catch up on the latest Land Rover and Range Rover news in this week\u2019s round-up. ",
"picture": "http://external.ak.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQAx7xz602rfhyIn&w=90&h=90&url=http\u00253A\u00252F\u00252Fblog.landrover.com\u00252Fwp-content\u00252Fuploads\u00252F12my_rrs_044_LowRes.jpg",
"link": "http://blog.landrover.com/vehicles/the-land-rover-and-range-rover-weekly-19-3578.html#axzz1lKthI4F1",
"name": "The Land Rover and Range Rover Weekly 19 | Land Rover Blog",
"caption": "blog.landrover.com",
"description": "In this week\u2019s round-up of all things Land Rover and Range Rover, the new Range Rover Sport advert, Which? figures reveal the running costs of the Range Rover Evoque in comparison with competitors and a history of Land Rover narrated by Ranulph Fiennes.",
"icon": "http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/v1/yD/r/aS8ecmYRys0.gif",
"actions": [
{
"name": "Comment",
"link": "http://www.facebook.com/10369058551/posts/355476307803889"
},
{
"name": "Like",
"link": "http://www.facebook.com/10369058551/posts/355476307803889"
}
],
"privacy": {
"description": "United Kingdom",
"value": "CUSTOM"
},
"type": "link",
"created_time": "2012-02-03T16:44:42+0000",
"updated_time": "2012-02-03T16:44:42+0000",
"likes": {
"data": [
{
"name": "Steve Nesbitt",
"id": "533982936"
}
],
"count": 10
},
"comments": {
"count": 0
}
},
{
"id": "10369058551_10150642499593552",
I'd like to the top level items to a mysql table, then each sub level to anaother table keeping a key / link between each table and then any sub level of a sublevel and linking this too. Is this possible?
I have got as far as this:-
$page = file_get_contents($url);
$json_output = json_decode($page, true);
I can't figure out how to loot hrough each row and add teh data to a Mysql table.
Thanks for your help in advance
Jonathan

Answer 1

Try to loop it as array then make sql query. Each array you put a unique key (for top level item). So, you can use your top level key to sub level foreign key..