append a json object to an array

updateJSON.php

<?php

$elements = json_encode( $_POST['data'],JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK ) . ',';


openlog("myScriptLog", LOG_PID | LOG_PERROR, LOG_LOCAL0);
syslog(LOG_INFO, $elements);


// $test = "{
//   lat: 000,
//   lng: 000,
//   story: 'test',
//   username: 'test'
// },";
$myfile = fopen("messages.js", "r") or die("Unable to open file!");
$contents = fread($myfile,filesize("messages.js"));
fclose($myfile);

$myfile2 = fopen("messages.js", "w") or die("Unable to open file!");

$contents = rtrim($contents, "]");
// echo $contents;

$contents = $contents . $elements . "]";
// echo $contents;

fwrite($myfile2,$contents);

fclose($myfile2);



// file_put_contents('messages.js', $elements, FILE_APPEND | LOCK_EX);
// echo "appended to JSON";

?>