php send a json payload code example
Example 1: send application/json php
// API URL
$url = 'http://www.example.com/api';
// Create a new cURL resource
$ch = curl_init($url);
// Setup request to send json via POST
$data = array(
'username' => 'codexworld',
'password' => '123456');
$payload = json_encode(array("user" => $data));
// Attach encoded JSON string to the POST fields
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $payload);
// Set the content type to application/json
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type:application/json'));
// Return response instead of outputting
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
// Execute the POST request
$result = curl_exec($ch);
// Close cURL resource
curl_close($ch);
Example 2: how to do a post with json body curl php
// API URL$url = 'http://www.example.com/api';// Create a new cURL resource$ch = curl_init($url);// Setup request to send json via POST$data = array( 'username' => 'codexworld', 'password' => '123456');$payload = json_encode(array("user" => $data));// Attach encoded JSON string to the POST fieldscurl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $payload);// Set the content type to application/jsoncurl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type:application/json'));// Return response instead of outputtingcurl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);// Execute the POST request$result = curl_exec($ch);// Close cURL resourcecurl_close($ch);