Adding JSON to PHP file - php

Question

I am trying to add a JSON script to a php file in my sites admin. My goal is to have the JSON run when the order status is change to 3 (shipped).
I am pretty sure I am going about this all wrong but I am not sure what to do yet. here is my code:
if ( ($check_status['orders_status'] != $status) && $check_status['orders_status'] == 3) { ?>
<script>
POST https://api.yotpo.com/oauth/token
{
"client_id": "### Your client_id ###",
"client_secret": "### Your client_secret ###",
"grant_type": "client_credentials"
}
POST https://api.yotpo.com/myapi/purchases
{
"validate_data": true,
"platform": "general",
"utoken": "### YOUR UTOKEN ###",
"email": "client#abc.com",
"customer_name": "bob",
"order_id": "order_1",
"order_date": "2010-10-14",
"currency_iso": "USD",
"products": {
"SKUaaa12": {
"url": "http://example_product_url1.com",
"name": "product1",
"image": "http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/13300000/A1.jpg",
"description": "this is the description of a product",
"price": "100",
"specs": {
"upc": "USB",
"isbn": "thingy"
},
"product_tags": "books"
}
}
}
</script>
<?php } ?>
First of all, there is nothing in my code that says hey, this is JSON besides the tag.
do I need to have the json in a sepearate json file? Or do I need to convert this script to php?

Answer 1

First of all, Nikita is correct that JSON does not run - it is not script. It is a standardized way to store information.
PHP has native JSON handling functions and can easily take existing objects or arrays and convert them to JSON.
<?php
$json = json_encode($my_data);
?>
<input type="hidden" name="post_data" <?php echo 'value="'.$json.'" ?> />
Then when you send this variable $json to the next page, you'll unpack it like so
$my_data = json_decode($_POST['post_data']);
This is a pure PHP implementation, though JavaScript does nice functions to stringify to/from json as well.