PHP - run GET curl, get result - php

Question

I wanna run a GET curl in php A to get data from php B.
This is an example in php A (I got from here http://support.qualityunit.com/061754-How-to-make-REST-calls-in-PHP)
//next example will recieve all messages for specific conversation
$service_url = 'http://localhost/test/getFrom.php?id=1';
$curl = curl_init($service_url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$curl_response = curl_exec($curl);
if ($curl_response === false) {
$info = curl_getinfo($curl);
curl_close($curl);
die('error occured during curl exec. Additioanl info: ' . var_export($info));
}
curl_close($curl);
$decoded = json_decode($curl_response);
if (isset($decoded->response->status) && $decoded->response->status == 'ERROR') {
die('error occured: ' . $decoded->response->errormessage);
}
echo 'response ok!';
var_export($decoded->response);
And I tried this example as well (Trying to use curl to do a GET, value being sent is allows null)
In php B.
It will get the ID, run some script and will generate an ARRAY.
I want to get this ARRAY from B to A.
B will run only when A request GET from B.
The problem is I don't how the ARRAY can pass from B to A.
Please give some advice THANK YOU.

Answer 1

The code you provided is expecting back a JSON encoded array. The easiest way to do this is simply JSON encode your array in PHP B and echo it to the page.
Then CURL will be able to read the contents of PHP B, decode and process as required.
// PHP B
<?php
// Check for $_GET params
// Get ID
$id = $_GET['id'];
// Do processing, query etc
....
// Format and display array as JSON
echo(json_encode($result_array));
die();
?>
Also note:
if (isset($decoded->response->status) && $decoded->response->status == 'ERROR') {
die('error occured: ' . $decoded->response->errormessage);
}
The code is expecting the array to be formatted in a particular way. So either match your array in PHP B to the same format, or update the code to your needs.