JSON data into php

Question

On my Linux box I use a command:

lightning-cli getinfo

which gives me then JSON data.

I tried to use:

$jsonFile = "sh /bin/lightning-cli getinfo";
$jsondata = file_get_contents($jsonFile);
$data = json_decode($jsondata, true);

which gives me then: PHP Warning: file_get_contents(sh /bin/lightning-cli getinfo): failed to open stream: No such file or directory ...

How can I get the data into php?

Answer 1

Try shell_exec instead file_get_contents

$jsonFile = "sh /bin/lightning-cli getinfo";
$jsondata = shell_exec($jsonFile);
$data = json_decode($jsondata, true);

OR

Direct Call

 $jsonFile = "lightning-cli getinfo";
 $jsondata = shell_exec($jsonFile);
 $data = json_decode($jsondata, true);