Why won't json_encode print array?

Question

I had this project worked in the past but I have been studying and working on the UX/UI for the past 8 months so I have not been programming the backend since. Now I'm back to do some editing on this project again but why won't json_encode() print the object as array like it used to? It now just print the whole page of that php file instead.

I feel I need to refresh my memory again.

See the php/countryCodeAndName.php code below;

<?php 

    ini_set('display_errors', 'On');
    error_reporting(E_ALL);

    $executionStartTime = microtime(true); 

    // Read JSON file
    $json = file_get_contents('../vendors/countryBorders.geo.json');

    //Decode JSON
    $json_data = json_decode($json,true);

    //Print data

    $nameAndISO = $json_data["features"];   

    for ($i = 0; $i < count($nameAndISO); $i++) {
        $name[] = $nameAndISO[$i]["properties"]["name"];
        $iso[] = $nameAndISO[$i]["properties"]["iso_a3"];
    }

    $output["name"] = $name;
    $output["iso"] = $iso;
    
    header('Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8');

    echo json_encode($output); 

?>

Below is my js file where I used Ajax to get the data but as I've stated, it just print the whole php syntax instead of encoding the array...

    $.ajax({
        type: "GET",
        url: "libs/php/countryCodeAndName.php",
        success: function(data) {

            console.log(data)

        }

    })

This project is running on XAMPP where all starts + mount lampp/htdocs/...

Why won't json_encode print array?

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