How to Read JSON File in Laravel?

In this post, I will show you how to get data from json file in laravel application.

We'll retrieve data from the storage and public folders using the Storage facade and file_get_contents function. Let's look at the examples below.

1. Read JSON File using file_get_contents()

First, you need to create json file on your public folder like this way:

public/data/info.json

{
    "name": "John Doe",
    "email": "john@example.com",
    "age": 30
}

let's see the controller code and output:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class StorageController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    public function index(Request $request)
    {
        // Read the contents of the JSON file
        $json = file_get_contents(public_path('data/info.json'));
  
        // Decode JSON into an associative array
        $data = json_decode($json, true);
        return response()->json($data);
    }
}

You will see the ouput like this way:

{"name":"John Doe","email":"john@example.com","age":30}

2. Read JSON File using Storage Facade

First, you need to create json file on your storage folder folder like this way:

storage/app/public/data.json

{
    "name": "John Doe",
    "email": "john@example.com",
    "age": 30
}

let's see the controller code and output:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;

class StorageController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    public function index(Request $request)
    {
        // Read the contents of the JSON file
        $json = Storage::disk("public")->get('data.json');
  
        // Decode JSON into an associative array
        $data = json_decode($json, true);
        return response()->json($data);
    }
}

You will see the ouput like this way:

{"name":"John Doe","email":"john@example.com","age":30}

I hope it can help you...