PHP cURL POST Request won't send? - php

Question

I'm trying to update a mySQL database with cURL and PHP, but the values that are supposed to be sent by the post aren't inserted into the database. I don't get any errors and cURL is enabled according to phpinfo(). Here is my script:
<?php
$data = [
'email' => 'jsnow#got.com',
'token' => '58938539'
];
$string = http_build_query($data);
$ch = curl_init("http://www.econcentre.com/receiver.php");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $string);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
?>
And here's the receiver script:
<?php
require 'includes/db.php'; // Database connection. Connects with no errors raised
if(isset($_POST['email']) AND isset($_POST['token'])) {
$email = $_POST['email'];
$token = $_POST['token'];
$q = "INSERT INTO reset_tokens(email, token)";
$q .= " VALUES(?, ?)";
$stmt = $pdo->prepare($q);
$test = $stmt->execute([$email, $token]);
}
?>

Answer 1

Looks like you are missing HTTP Auth for http://www.econcentre.com/receiver.php.
You should include the HTTP Auth in the cURL request:
<?php
$data = [
'email' => 'jsnow#got.com',
'token' => '58938539'
];
$username = "auth-user";
$password = "auth-pwd";
$string = http_build_query($data);
$ch = curl_init("http://www.econcentre.com/receiver.php");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $string);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $username . ":" . $password);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
?>