Sending array data in wordpress form

Question

I am sending data from a wordpress form in one site to another third party website. When I print_r() the array data on the wordpress form , it displays

Array ( 
[comp_title] => Test incident title 
[comp_desc ] => Officers reported are: first fname officer first lname officer , second fname officer second lname officer , third fname officer third lname officerLocation: locationDescription: desc 
[fullname] => Test reporter fnameTest reporter lname 
[email] => [email protected] [phonno] => 0700123456 
[anonymous] => 0 
[fac_id] => 24576 
)

However, on the third party site, when I use var_dump($_GET), it displays array(0).

This is php code from the wordpress site:

add_action("gform_after_submission_1", "set_post_content", 10, 2);
function set_post_content($entry, $form){

//set POST variables
$post_url= 'http://example.com/form_api.php';

$body= array(
'comp_title' =>     urlencode($entry['1']),
'comp_desc' =>     urlencode('Officers reported are: '.$entry['4.3'].' '.$entry['4.6'].' , '.$entry['14.3'].' '.$entry['14.6'].' , '.$entry['13.3'].' '.$entry['13.6'].'. Location: '.$entry['5'].'. Description: '.$entry['6']),
'fullname' =>  urlencode($entry['8.3'].' '.$entry['8.6']),  
'email' =>     urlencode($entry['10']),
'phonno' =>    urlencode($entry['9']),
'anonymous' => urlencode(0),
'fac_id' =>    urlencode(24576)
);

 $fields_string = http_build_query($body);

//open connection
$ch = curl_init();

//set the url, number of POST vars, POST data
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL, $post_url);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POST, count($body));
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $fields_string);

$result = curl_exec($ch);

curl_close($ch);

}

Then on form_api.php on the third party application i have:

$fac_id =  mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['fac_id']);
$comp_title = mysql_real_escape_string(strtoupper($_GET['comp_title']));
$comp_desc = mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['comp_desc']);
$fullname =mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['fullname']);
$email = mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['email']);
$phonno = mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['phonno']);

What could i be doing wrong?

You should work with $_POST superglobal I think, not $_GET.

Banago
– Banago

2014-02-12 19:58:03 +00:00
Commented Feb 12, 2014 at 19:58 — Banago
– Banago, Commented Feb 12, 2014 at 19:58
Sure, works well now.

mutiemule
– mutiemule

2014-02-12 20:02:32 +00:00
Commented Feb 12, 2014 at 20:02 — mutiemule
– mutiemule, Commented Feb 12, 2014 at 20:02

Quixrick · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-12 19:56:13Z

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You're trying to grab GET data, but you are sending the request via POST. Try grabbing $_POST['fac_id'] instead of $_GET['fac_id'].

answered Feb 12, 2014 at 19:56

Quixrick

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2 Comments

mutiemule Over a year ago

I can't believe i have been debugging this a whole day yet it was this simple. Thank you.

Quixrick Over a year ago

You're welcome, man! Sometimes it just takes a second pair of eyes.

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