how to send an array as post request in REST using PHP?

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Here is my code,

$ip = array([0]=>'1.1.1.1' [1]=> '2.2.2.2')

$ux = RestClient::post($url,array('requestType'=>'Ip', 
                                                     'username' => 'user', 
                                                             'pass' =>'user',
                        'type'=>$type,
                        'ip'=>array($ip)                            
                            ));
  echo $ux->getResponse();

How to post 'ip' at server side? When I use $_POST['id'], it returns 'Array' as string.

what about, convert the array info json?

ariefbayu
– ariefbayu

2012-11-23 11:31:39 +00:00
Commented Nov 23, 2012 at 11:31 — ariefbayu
– ariefbayu, Commented Nov 23, 2012 at 11:31

Quentin · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-23 11:49:25Z

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You can't post an array. You have to serialize it to a string. That could be the standard form encoding method:

ip=1.1.1.1&ip=2.2.2.2

That could be JSON:

{ "ip" : [ "1.1.1.1", "2.2.2.2" ] }

That could be some XML format:

<ips>
    <ip>1.1.1.1</ip>
    <ip>2.2.2.2</ip>
</ips>

That could be something else.

… but what you need to do depends on what the API you are submitting to expects.

edited Nov 23, 2012 at 11:49

answered Nov 23, 2012 at 11:34

Quentin

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Decent Dabbler Over a year ago

Shouldn't that be ip[]=1.1.1.1&ip[]=2.2.2.2? (Note the brackets)

Quentin Over a year ago

@fireeyedboy — No. That's a peculiarity of PHP's form parsing routines. Here PHP is the client, the server is unspecified.

Decent Dabbler Over a year ago

Ah right, I wasn't sure about how other platforms deal with this. Thanks.

Marcin Orlowski · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-23 11:32:36Z

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I suspect you need to use JSON for your array. Convert it with json_encode( $array )

answered Nov 23, 2012 at 11:32

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