How to connect phonegap app with php rest api - php

Question

I have REST api on backend created with php (slim php micro framework). So code is:
INDEX.php
$app->post('/coords', 'authenticate', function() use ($app) {
$response = array();
//$jsonData = $app->request->post('podaci');
$jsonData = #file_get_contents('php://input');
$aData = json_decode($jsonData);
$latitude = $aData->location->latitude;
$longitude = $aData->location->longitude;
$podaci = $latitude.' ddd '.$longitude;
global $user_id;
$db = new DbHandler();
// creating new task
$coords_id = $db->createCoords($user_id, $podaci);
if ($coords_id != NULL) {
$response["error"] = false;
$response["message"] = "Coords insert successfully";
echoRespnse(201, $response);
} else {
$response["error"] = true;
$response["message"] = "Coords not inserted";
echoRespnse(200, $response);
}
});
I also have DBhandler file , code (function createCoords):
public function createCoords($user_id, $podaci) {
$stmt = $this->conn->prepare("INSERT INTO coords(podaci) VALUES(?)");
$stmt->bind_param("s", $podaci);
$result = $stmt->execute();
$stmt->close();
}
I try this REST api with sample data with ajax request and work well, but now I need to POST data from phonegap app to server and I write:
// BackgroundGeoLocation is highly configurable.
bgGeo.configure(callbackFn, failureFn, {
url: 'http://agroagro.com/agroMobile/v1/coords', // <-- Android ONLY: your server url to send locations to
params: {
Auth: 'df6017abde2d2re560896b63a0ee1039', // <-- Android ONLY: HTTP POST params sent to your server when persisting locations.
foo: 'bar' // <-- Android ONLY: HTTP POST params sent to your server when persisting locations.
},
desiredAccuracy: 0,
stationaryRadius: 50,
distanceFilter: 50,
notificationTitle: 'Background tracking', // <-- android only, customize the title of the notification
notificationText: 'ENABLED', // <-- android only, customize the text of the notification
activityType: 'AutomotiveNavigation',
debug: true, // <-- enable this hear sounds for background-geolocation life-cycle.
stopOnTerminate: false // <-- enable this to clear background location settings when the app terminates
});
I read here how to make php file to get INPUT data: https://github.com/christocracy/cordova-plugin-background-geolocation/issues/79
as you can see from my index.php code I write everything fine but what can be problem? This just dont work when I test on my android phone.

Answer 1

I do not why you are using 'php://input'); for getting json data.
Its simple. use the following to grab the json data sent from your phone.
$request = $app->request();
$body = $request->getBody();
$input = json_decode($body);
To know more how to handle json data using slim you may try the following website.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/x-slim-rest/