JSON Header in static text file
I'm using PHP to create my feed. If my feed is reading straight from the PHP script (i.e. http://.....feed.php), I just include this in my PHP script header("Content-type: application/json"); and ...
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Well as it turns out, it was already a mime type, I just needed to name my static files as .json! Im guessing .json is pretty standard.
My main reason for doing this, is so that multiple channel viewers will not put a strain on the database. Also if the database every goes down, the static file is set.
For anyone using PHP, it's a piece of cake
$json_data = json_encode($JSON2);
All I did was replace
echo json_encode($JSON2);
with
file_put_contents('.../output.json, $json_data);
note: the 'user' on your server that your webserver / php shows up as will need permission to write to the directory on which you place this.
My main reason for doing this, is so that multiple channel viewers will not put a strain on the database. Also if the database every goes down, the static file is set.
For anyone using PHP, it's a piece of cake
$json_data = json_encode($JSON2);
All I did was replace
echo json_encode($JSON2);
with
file_put_contents('.../output.json, $json_data);
note: the 'user' on your server that your webserver / php shows up as will need permission to write to the directory on which you place this.
