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how can I access the values in a nested array, e.g. when using get for contact entity e.g. how can I adjust the following to get the first name? (not working for me at the moment)

$result = civicrm_api3('Contact', 'get', array(
   'sequential' => 1,
   'return' => array("first_name", "last_name", "email"),
   'id' => 28296
));
echo $result['values'][0]['first_name'];

if I use var_dump ($result) I get the following so the results are there:

array(5) { ["is_error"]=> int(0) ["version"]=> int(3) ["count"]=> int(1) ["id"]=> int(28296) ["values"]=> array(1) { [0]=> array(6) { ["contact_id"]=> string(5) "28296" ["first_name"]=> string(8) "Thirteen" ["last_name"]=> string(4) "Test" ["email_id"]=> string(5) "27750" ["email"]=> string(25) "[email protected]" ["id"]=> string(5) "28296" } } }

thanks much!

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You could just use something like $contactData = $result['values'][0] for your var_dump to test. Your echo should be right, in theory.

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  • Also, getSingle may be useful to you: $result = civicrm_api3('Contact', 'getsingle', array( 'sequential' => 1, 'last_name' => "Tobias", 'first_name' => "Randy", 'id' => 4, ));
    – Randy Tobias
    Apr 20, 2017 at 18:24
  • thanks for pointing me in the right direction, guys. This did the trick: $contactData = $result['values'][0]['contact_id']; echo "Contact ID: " . $contactData;
    – MtnPavlas
    Apr 21, 2017 at 22:18

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