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json_decode() returns null, even though file_get_contents() works perfectly, even though json is valid

Hi everyone i am reading some data from a txt-file with php using

file_get_contents('../../Datafiles/allThreads.txt');

this returns the following string

[{"OP":"ding","threadName":"","content":"","ID":6}]

when i try to vaildate with lint, I have no issues, so the json is valid.

But the problem is that when i call json_decode it keeps returning null: 

$currentThreadasList = json_decode('../../Datafiles/allThreads.txt');

Why is this happening? im following all the rules?

Solution

  • You can do it like:

    //storing json contents in a variable.
$json_contents = file_get_contents('../../Datafiles/allThreads.txt');

//decode json
$currentThreadasList = json_decode($json_contents, TRUE)

    Edit-1:

    Have you tried the following:

    $currentThreadasList = json_decode(file_get_contents('../../Datafiles/allThreads.txt'), TRUE);