Simulate sending data and receiving using php://input - php

Question

I have two routes.
Route::get('/receiveSignal', 'SignalController#receiveSignal');
Route::get('/sendSignal', 'SignalController#sendSignal');
I want to simulate sending data from sendSignal to receiving signal route.
So, in sending signal function I have this:
public function sendSignal()
{
$data = ['spotid' => '421156', 'name' => 'Test', 'desc' => 'some desc', 'StartofDetection' => '2018-01-17 22:22:22'];
$dataJson = json_encode($data);
return $dataJson;
}
How can I change it to receive in receiveSignal like this:
public function receiveSignal()
{
$test = file_get_contents('php://input');
dd($test);
}
Here I should receive the json to the receiveSignal after I enter the http://localhost:8000/sendSignal. Is this possible at all?

Answer 1

Try something like this:
1. In your route:
Route::post('receiveSignal', 'SignalController#receiveSignal');
Route::get('sendSignal', 'SignalController#sendSignal');
In your sendSignal method
public function sendSignal()
{
$data = ['key' => 'value', 'key2' => 'value2'];
$response = http_post_fields('http://localhost:8000/receiveSignal', $data);
if (!empty($response)) {
return view('success'); // or anything else you want to return
}
else {
return view('failed');
}
}
In your receiveSignal method
public function receiveSignal(Request $request)
{
$key = $request->input('key');
$key1 = $request->input('key2');
//and so on
}
Good luck.