1. <?php
  3. /**
  4. * Imports data from a JSON file and handles errors gracefully.
  5. *
  6. * @param string $jsonFilePath The path to the JSON file.
  7. * @return array|null An array containing the parsed JSON data, or null on failure.
  8. */
  9. function importJsonData(string $jsonFilePath): ?array
  10. {
  11. try {
  12. // Attempt to decode the JSON file
  13. $jsonData = file_get_contents($jsonFilePath);
  15. if ($jsonData === false) {
  16. // Handle file read error
  17. error_log("Error: Could not read JSON file at $jsonFilePath");
  18. return null;
  19. }
  21. $data = json_decode($jsonData, true); // Decode to associative array
  23. if (json_last_error() !== JSON_ERROR_NONE) {
  24. // Handle JSON decoding error
  25. error_log("Error: JSON decoding error: " . json_last_error_msg());
  26. return null;
  27. }
  29. return $data;
  31. } catch (Exception $e) {
  32. //Catch any other exceptions
  33. error_log("An unexpected error occurred: " . $e->getMessage());
  34. return null;
  35. }
  36. }
  38. //Example usage
  39. //$data = importJsonData('data.json');
  41. //if ($data !== null) {
  42. // print_r($data);
  43. //} else {
  44. // echo "Failed to import JSON data.\n";
  45. //}
  47. ?>

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