Not able to send json data through api [duplicate] - php

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How to POST JSON Data With PHP cURL?
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I am using an external api where i have been given the following details related to that api
API KEY (Mandatory Header) :- apikey : "xxxxx"
Stage Server Base Url :- https://example.com
To add Details API :- POST(/student/{student_id})
What I plan to do is:
I would be collecting data from users through codeigniter form and
then will forward the data to the above api and get a response from
the api and accordingly if its a success then would perform furthur
actions or else need to display error message
However for testing purpose i am using a static array and trying to send it to the api.
What actually is happening is I am getting a blank result and so not sure if it is working or not.
Following is my code
<?php
$apiKey = 'xxxx';
$url = 'https://www.example.com';
$data = array("name"=> "ABC","location"=> "loc","class"=> 'tenth',"area"=> "area");
$ch = curl_init( $url );
$payload = json_encode( $data );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $payload );
$headers= curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type:application/json','Authorization: ' . $apiKey));
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
$result = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo "<pre>$result</pre>";
?>
PS:I am new to api and curl so a little explanation along with the solution would be appreciated

Answer 1

$ch = curl_init('http://www.example.com');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST,'POST');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
'Content-Type: application/json',
'Accept: application/json',
'Authorization:Basic '.$apikey,
)
);
$result = json_decode(curl_exec($ch));
try to add whether its Basic or Bearer in authorization header. Hope it works for you.

Answer 2

you should use like below statement
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,http_build_query($data));