A handy File method to read JSON files in Laravel 10.x
We now have a nice addition to the File facade in Laravel 10.x that lets you read JSON files easily. Essentially, it’s a wrapper around the json_decode() function. So, you can use it to read JSON files like so.
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;
$users = File::json('users.json');
It saves you the extra step of using the json_decode() function to read JSON files which you would have to do otherwise.
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;
$users = json_decode(File::get('users.json'), true);
I really dig such small and focused methods that makes your code more readable and concise.
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