Answers for "read json from php"

read json file data using php

$filedata = file_get_contents('filename.json');
$details = json_decode($filedata);
print_r($details);

php return json

// function to return JSON response, you can set cors, also give status & data via arguments
function json($status, $data) {
        $cors = "*";
        header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin: $cors");
        header('Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8');
        http_response_code($status);
        echo json_encode($data);
    }

// example
json(200, [
	"status" => 200,
  	"message" => "action completed successfully",
  	"id" => 44236
]);

php return json

header('Content-type: application/json');
echo json_encode($array);

access json with php

<?php

$data = '{
	"name": "Aragorn",
	"race": "Human"
}';

$character = json_decode($data);
echo $character->name;

how to get data from json array in php

$data = json_decode($json);

how to extract data from json in php

$json = '
{
    "type": "donut",
    "name": "Cake",
    "toppings": [
        { "id": "5002", "type": "Glazed" },
        { "id": "5006", "type": "Chocolate with Sprinkles" },
        { "id": "5004", "type": "Maple" }
    ]
}';

$yummy = json_decode($json);

print_r($yummy);