Pass JSON object from php to php - php

Question

I have a php file (sample1.php) which calls another php file (sample2.php)
through header function.
header("Location: "sample2.php");
How can I pass a JSON object from one php to another.
I need to POST the JSON object, so that the second file can access it using
if( isset($_POST["json"]) ) { ... }

Answer 1

You can use cURL method
<?php
//set POST variables
$url = 'sample2.php';
$fields = array(
'json' => urlencode($json/*your json that want to pass*/),
);
//url-ify the data for the POST
foreach($fields as $key=>$value) { $fields_string .= $key.'='.$value.'&'; }
rtrim($fields_string, '&');
//open connection
$ch = curl_init();
//set the url, number of POST vars, POST data
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POST, count($fields));
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $fields_string);
//execute post
$result = curl_exec($ch);
//close connection
curl_close($ch);
?>
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Answer 2

If you absolutely have to use header() to proceed to sample2.php then you can't use $_POST to get the data when in sample2.php.
Put it in session storage (in sample1.php):
$_SESSION['jsonData'] = $yourJsonData;
Then after arriving in sample2.php:
if( isset($_SESSION["jsonData"]) ) { ... }
Don't forget to initialize your sessions, etc. Refer to http://php.net/manual/en/session.examples.basic.php