Read first only record from json file using PHP -

i have json file having content :

[{     "name" : "mak",     "registration_code" : "registration code",     "date" :"date",     "time" : "time",     "file_data" :{         "feature_0" : "0,0.956222737454317,"     }   },   {     "name" : "andy",     "date" :"date",     "time" : "time",     "file_data" :{         "feature_0" : "0,0.956222737454317, "     }   }] 

right read first record using file_get_contents complete data , parsing array. want fetch first record without getting whole file content in memory using php. there way ?

many thanks, m.

this hack if know json structure. anyway }, may not occur in first record.

$first = explode("},", $json_string, 2)[0]; $first .= "}]"; $obj = json_decode($first)[0]; 

if not want read whole json file (adjust needs!):

         $content = "";          $handle = fopen("json.file", "r"); if ($handle) {          while (($line = fgets($handle)) !== false) {                  // nested objects have count occurrences of { , make sure closer first object                 if (strpos($line, '},') !== false) {                     break;                 } else {                     $content .= $line;                 }            }             fclose($handle);          }  // proceed lines read ...         $content .= "}]";         $obj = json_decode($content)[0]; 

anway suggested here is not recommendable (in 99% of use cases). maybe have adapt code bit , not work minified json.

better parse whole file , go ahead.