guzzle ver 6 post method is not woking - php

Question

is working in postman (raw format data with with application/json type)
with guzzle6
url-http://vm.xxxxx.com/v1/hirejob/
{
"company_name":" company_name",
"last_date_apply":"06/12/2015",
"rid":"89498"
}
so am getting response 201 created
but in guzzle
$client = new Client();
$data = array();
$data['company_name'] = "company_name";
$data['last_date_apply'] = "06/12/2015";
$data['rid'] = "89498";
$url='http://vm.xxxxx.com/v1/hirejob/';
$data=json_encode($data);
try {
$request = $client->post($url,array(
'content-type' => 'application/json'
),array());
} catch (ServerException $e) {
//getting GuzzleHttp\Exception\ServerException Server error: 500
}
i am getting error on vendor/guzzlehttp/guzzle/src/Middleware.php
line no 69
? new ServerException("Server error: $code", $request, $response)

Answer 1

You're not actually setting the request body, but arguably the easiest way to transfer JSON data is by using the dedicated request option:
$request = $client->post($url, [
'json' => [
'company_name' => 'company_name',
'last_date_apply' => '06/12/2015',
'rid' => '89498',
],
]);

Answer 2

You need to use json_encode() JSON_FORCE_OBJECT flag as the second argument. Like this:
$data = json_encode($data, JSON_FORCE_OBJECT);
Without the JSON_FORCE_OBJECT flag, it will create a json array with bracket notation instead of brace notation.
Also, try sending a request like this:
$request = $client->post($url, [
'headers' => [ 'Content-Type' => 'application/json' ],
'body' => $data
]);