create a json file in php

To create a JSON file in PHP, we need to follow these steps:

1. Create an array with the data that we want to convert to JSON format.
2. Use the json_encode() function to encode the array into a JSON string.
3. Open a file using PHP's fopen() function in write mode. You can choose any desired filename and path.
4. Write the JSON string to the file using PHP's fwrite() function.
5. Close the file using the fclose() function.

Here's the code to accomplish this:

main.php
<?php
$data = array(
    'name' => 'John Doe',
    'email' => 'johndoe@example.com',
    'age' => 30
);

$json_string = json_encode($data);

$file = fopen('example.json', 'w');
fwrite($file, $json_string);
fclose($file);

echo 'JSON file created successfully';
?>
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In this example, we are creating an array named $data with some sample data. We are then using the json_encode() function to encode this array into a JSON string.

We are then using the fopen() function to open a file named example.json in write mode. The fwrite() function is used to write the JSON string to the file, and then we close the file using the fclose() function.

Finally, we print a success message to the screen.

Note: Make sure the web server has write permission to the directory(folder) where the file is being created.