Answers for "how to load a json file in php"

read json file data using php

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

open json file php

// Get the contents of the JSON file 
$strJsonFileContents = file_get_contents("css-color-names.json");
var_dump($strJsonFileContents); // show contentsCopy

access json with php

<?php

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

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