$yearMonth, 'customerName' => $cleanCustomerName, 'amount' => $amount ]; $excludedItemsFile = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "/account_plan/excluded_items.json"; $excludedItems = []; if (file_exists($excludedItemsFile)) { $excludedItems = json_decode(file_get_contents($excludedItemsFile), true); } $excludedItems[] = $excludedItem; file_put_contents($excludedItemsFile, json_encode($excludedItems)); echo json_encode(['success' => true]); ?>