How to update/edit a JSON file using PHP

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Answer 1

First, you need to decode it :

$jsonString = file_get_contents('jsonFile.json');
$data = json_decode($jsonString, true);

Then change the data :

$data[0]['activity_name'] = "TENNIS";
// or if you want to change all entries with activity_code "1"
foreach ($data as $key => $entry) {
    if ($entry['activity_code'] == '1') {
        $data[$key]['activity_name'] = "TENNIS";
    }
}

Then re-encode it and save it back in the file:

$newJsonString = json_encode($data);
file_put_contents('jsonFile.json', $newJsonString);