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

PHP code to read JSON string on server

$str_json = file_get_contents('php://input');