title: Get data from json and use just one result as value
body: <p>I'm trying to use www.football-data.org to get football league standings but i've never used JSON before.</p>
  
  <p>Currently i'm using the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$uri = 'http://api.football-data.org/v1/soccerseasons/398/leagueTable/';
  $reqPrefs['http']['method'] = 'GET';
  $reqPrefs['http']['header'] = 'X-Auth-Token:'.$api_key;
  
  $stream_context = stream_context_create($reqPrefs);
  
  $response = file_get_contents($uri, false, $stream_context);
  $details = json_decode($response);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>To try and get the details for one team. At the moment i'm using:</p>
  
  <pre><code>echo "&lt;pre&gt;";
  print_r($details);
  echo "&lt;/pre&gt;";
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>to get the following to show:</p>
  
  <pre><code>stdClass Object
  (
      [_links] =&gt; stdClass Object
          (
              [self] =&gt; stdClass Object
                  (
                      [href] =&gt; http://api.football-data.org/v1/soccerseasons/398/leagueTable/?matchday=26
                  )
  
              [soccerseason] =&gt; stdClass Object
                  (
                      [href] =&gt; http://api.football-data.org/v1/soccerseasons/398
                  )
  
          )
  
      [leagueCaption] =&gt; Premier League 2015/16
      [matchday] =&gt; 26
      [standing] =&gt; Array
          (
              [0] =&gt; stdClass Object
                  (
                      [_links] =&gt; stdClass Object
                          (
                              [team] =&gt; stdClass Object
                                  (
                                      [href] =&gt; http://api.football-data.org/v1/teams/338
                                  )
  
                          )
  
                      [position] =&gt; 1
                      [teamName] =&gt; Leicester City FC
                      [crestURI] =&gt; http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/63/Leicester02.png
                      [playedGames] =&gt; 25
                      [points] =&gt; 53
                      [goals] =&gt; 47
                      [goalsAgainst] =&gt; 27
                      [goalDifference] =&gt; 20
                      [wins] =&gt; 15
                      [draws] =&gt; 8
                      [losses] =&gt; 2
                      [home] =&gt; stdClass Object
                          (
                              [goals] =&gt; 21
                              [goalsAgainst] =&gt; 13
                              [wins] =&gt; 7
                              [draws] =&gt; 4
                              [losses] =&gt; 1
                          )
  
                      [away] =&gt; stdClass Object
                          (
                              [goals] =&gt; 26
                              [goalsAgainst] =&gt; 14
                              [wins] =&gt; 8
                              [draws] =&gt; 4
                              [losses] =&gt; 1
                          )
  
                  )
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Firstly, how do I go about getting these values and saving them as a usable variable in PHP?</p>
  
  <p>Secondly, is it possible to just narrow down this data to one team? For example to say:</p>
  
  <pre><code>if($details-&gt;teamName == 'Manchester United') { $gamesPlayed = $details-&gt;gamesPlayed; }
  </code></pre>