Submit AJAX post request using PHP only
I am currently working on some script automation in PHP (no HTML!). I have two PHP files. One of them executes the script and the other receives the $ _POST data and returns information. The question is how to send a POST from one PHP script to another PHP script, get the returned variables and continue working on this first script without an HTML form and without redirects. I need to make requests a couple of times from the first PHP file to another under different conditions and return different data types depending on the request. I have something like this:
<?php // action.php (first PHP )
/*
doing some stuff
*/
$data = sendPost('get_info');// send POST to getinfo.php with attribute ['get_info'] and return data from another file
$mysqli->query("INSERT INTO domains (id, name, address, email)
VALUES('".$data['id']."', '".$data['name']."', '".$data['address']."', '".$data['email']."')") or die(mysqli_error($mysqli));
/*
continue doing some stuff
*/
$data2 = sendPost('what_is_the_time');// send POST to getinfo.php with attribute ['what_is_the_time'] and return time data from another file
sendPost('get_info' or 'what_is_the_time'){
//do post with desired attribute
return $data; }
?>
I think I need a function that will be called with an attribute, sending a post request and returning data as requested. And the second PHP file:
<?php // getinfo.php (another PHP )
if($_POST['get_info']){
//do some actions
$data = anotherFunction();
return $data;
}
if($_POST['what_is_the_time']){
$time = time();
return $time;
}
function anotherFunction(){
//do some stuff
return $result;
}
?>
Thanks in advance guys.
Update: OK. curl method fetches php file output. How can I simply return the $ data variable instead of all the output?
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You must use curl . your function will look like this:
function sendPost($data) {
$ch = curl_init();
// you should put here url of your getinfo.PHP
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "getinfo.php");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
$result = curl_exec ($ch);
curl_close ($ch);
return $result;
}
Then you have to call it like this:
$data = sendPost( array('get_info'=>1) );
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I'll give you an example class. In the example below, you can use this as get as well as post call. Hope this helps you.
/*
for your reference . Please provide arguement like this,
$requestBody = array(
'action' => $_POST['action'],
'method'=> $_POST['method'],
'amount'=> $_POST['amount'],
'description'=> $_POST['description']
);
$http = "http://localhost/test-folder/source/signup.php";
$resp = Curl::postAuth($http,$requestBody);
*/
class Curl {
// without header
public static function post($http,$requestBody){
$curl = curl_init();
// Set some options - we are passing in a useragent too here
curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => 1,
CURLOPT_URL => $http ,
CURLOPT_USERAGENT => 'From Front End',
CURLOPT_POST => 1,
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $requestBody
));
// Send the request & save response to $resp
$resp = curl_exec($curl);
// Close request to clear up some resources
curl_close($curl);
return $resp;
}
// with authorization header
public static function postAuth($http,$requestBody,$token){
if(!isset($token)){
$resposne = new stdClass();
$resposne->code = 400;
$resposne-> message = "auth not found";
return json_encode($resposne);
}
$curl = curl_init();
$headers = array(
'auth-token: '.$token,
);
// Set some options - we are passing in a useragent too here
curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => $headers ,
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => 1,
CURLOPT_URL => $http ,
CURLOPT_USERAGENT => 'From Front End',
CURLOPT_POST => 1,
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $requestBody
));
// Send the request & save response to $resp
$resp = curl_exec($curl);
// Close request to clear up some resources
curl_close($curl);
return $resp;
}
}
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