how to add item to the json file formatted array

Question

I am using using just 1 data to insert in my json file.

$data=$_POST['myusernamer'];

$inp = file_get_contents('7players.json');
$tempArray = json_decode($inp);
array_push($tempArray, $data);
$jsonData = json_encode($tempArray);
file_put_contents('7players.json', $jsonData);

So this is how my json file looks. I just want to add 1 player at the end.

{ 

"players":[
   {

        "name":"Moldova",
        "image":"/Images/Moldova.jpg",
        "roll_over_image":"tank.jpg"
   },
   {

        "name":"Georgia",
        "image":"/Images/georgia.gif",
        "roll_over_image":"tank.jpg"
   },
   {

        "name":"Belarus",
        "image":"/Images/Belarus.gif",
        "roll_over_image":"tank.jpg" 
   },
   {

        "name":"Armenia",
        "image":"/Images/armenia.png",
        "roll_over_image":"tank.jpg"
   },
   {

        "name":"Kazahstan",
        "image":"/Images/kazahstan.gif",
        "roll_over_image":"tank.jpg"
   },
   {

        "name":"Russia",
        "image":"/Images/russia.gif",
        "roll_over_image":"tank.jpg"
   },
  ],


"games" : [ 

    { 

    "matches" : [ 

            {

            "player1id":"*",
            "player2id":"*",
            "winner":"*"
            },

            {
            "player1id":"*",
            "player2id":"*",
            "winner":"*"
            },

            {
            "player1id":"*",
            "player2id":"*",
            "winner":"*"
            },

            {
            "player1id":"*",
            "player2id":7,
            "winner":"*"
            },

            {
            "player1id":"*",
            "player2id":"*",
            "winner":"*"
            },

            {
            "player1id":"*",
            "player2id":"*",
            "winner":"*"
            },

            {
            "player1id":"*",
            "player2id":"*",
            "winner":"*"
            }
        ]
       },

    {

    "matches" : [

            {
            "player1id":"*",
            "player2id":"*",
            "winner":"*"
            },
            {
            "player1id":"*",
            "player2id":"*",
            "winner":"*"
            },
            {
            "player1id":"*",
            "player2id":"*",
            "winner":"*"
            },
            {
            "player1id":"*",
            "player2id":7,
            "winner":"*"
            },
            {           
            "player1id":"*",
            "player2id":"*",
            "winner":"*"
            },
            {
            "player1id":"*",
            "player2id":"*",
            "winner":"*"
            },
            {
            "player1id":"*",
            "player2id":"*",
            "winner":"*"
            },

      ]
    }
  ] 
}

My question is, how do I add player at the end? And I would also like to know how to update

player1id":"*",
"player2id":"*",
"winner":"

in the match array.

Answer 1

Just decode your json string and then use array push

$tempArray = json_decode($jsonstring, true);
array_push($tempArray, $your_data);

For your case

    $str = '{ 

"players":[
   {

        "name":"Moldova",
        "image":"/Images/Moldova.jpg",
        "roll_over_image":"tank.jpg"
   },
   {

        "name":"Georgia",
        "image":"/Images/georgia.gif",
        "roll_over_image":"tank.jpg"
   } ]}';


 $arr = json_decode($str, true);
 $arrne['name'] = "dsds";
 array_push( $arr['players'], $arrne );
 print_r($arr);

Just check value of print_r($arr); I hope this is what you want. :)