store data into a text file using php?

Question

i am trying to store data in a text file, something like an array into a text file using php instead of storing into mysql database.

for example here are the data to

Answer 1

//-- short -------------------------------------------

$data = [ "a" => "A",  "b" => "B", "c" => "C" ];
  echo '
 data - array: ';
  var_dump($data);

file_put_contents('db.php', json_encode($data) );

//get
$g = json_decode(file_get_contents('db.php') , 1);  // 1 Array , 0  Object

  echo '
short: var_dump($g): ';
  var_dump($g);    

//-- long -------------------------------------------//

$data = [ "a" => "A",  "b" => "B", "c" => "C" ];
  echo '
 data - array: ';
  var_dump($data);
  echo '
 json_encode($data): ';

$jdata = json_encode($data);
  var_dump($jdata); 
  echo'
';
file_put_contents('db.php', $jdata);

//get
$jg = file_get_contents('db.php');
  echo ' $jg = file_get_contents(\'db.php\'); $jg : ';
  var_dump($jg);

  echo '
 json_decode($jg , 1) //1 Array
';
$g = json_decode($jg , 1);  
  var_dump($g);

  echo '
 json_decode($jg , 0)  //0 Object
';
$g = json_decode($jg , 0);
  var_dump($g);