To get you going my 2 cents. First off, Welcome, please read How to ask a good question First you need to decode the json string in to an array. with that array you can get the values. <?php $json = ‘{“prereqs”:{“prereq”:{“type”:”prereq_check”,”value”:”submerging_island_feature_enabled”}}, “divisions”:{“division”:[{“items”:{“item”:[{“name”:”rhino_shell”,”rarity”:”common”}, {“name”:”walrus_wavy”,”rarity”:”special”},{“name”:”hippo_fancyshell”,”rarity”:”rare”}, {“name”:”rhino_jellyfish”,”rarity”:”superRare”}]},”name”:”rubyCount_30″}, {“items”:{“item”:[{“name”:”walrus_clam”,”rarity”:”common”},{“name”:”hippo_nautical”,”rarity”:”special”}, {“name”:”giraffe_coral”,”rarity”:”rare”},{“name”:”elephant_starburst”,”rarity”:”superRare”}]},”name”:”rubyCount_40″}, {“items”:{“item”:[{“name”:”giraffe_waverider”,”rarity”:”common”},{“name”:”pony_sea”,”rarity”:”special”}, {“name”:”magicdeer_seadeer”,”rarity”:”rare”}, {“name”:”pony_seaprincesscorn”,”rarity”:”superRare”}]},”name”:”rubyCount_50″}, {“items”:{“item”:[{“name”:”bigcat_crystallion”,”rarity”:”common”},{“name”:”magicdeer_midnightdeer”,”rarity”:”special”}, {“name”:”horse_ofthesea”,”rarity”:”rare”}, {“name”:”horse_wingedsea”,”rarity”:”superRare”}]},”name”:”rubyCount_60″}]},”crafting”:{“recipes”:{“recipe”:[{“name”:”qdke”}, {“name”:”sb1p”},{“name”:”cb8v”}]}},”listEndDate”:”07/13/2015″,”currencyItem”:{“name”:”healingpotionbottle”},”feed”:{“throttleTime”:”21600″},”name”:”submerging_island”}’; //decode … Read more