Problems sending data to PHP with Curl - php

Question

I need some advice with this curl script. I am trying to send values from the FORM to the curl script, but seems that the curl script doesn`t receive the info.
Here is the script:
<?php
if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] != 'POST') {
$self = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
?>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo $self; ?>" class="form-horizontal">
<fieldset>
<legend>SMS Contact</legend>
<div class="control-group">
<label for="basic" class="control-label">Name and Surname</label>
<div class="controls">
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" disabled class='input-square' value="<?php print $contactname;?> <?php print $contactsurname;?>">
</div>
</div>
<div class="control-group">
<label for="basic" class="control-label">Mobile No</label>
<div class="controls">
<input type="text" name="mobile" id="mobile" disabled class='input-square' value="<?php echo urlencode($contactmobile);?>">
</div>
</div>
<div class="control-group">
<label for="textcounter" class="control-label" id="textcounter">Textarea</label>
<div class="controls">
<textarea name="textcounter" id="textcounter" class='input-square span9 counter' data-max="160" rows='6'></textarea>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-actions">
<button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit">Send SMS</button>
</div>
</fieldset>
</form>
<?php
} else {
$mobile = $_POST['mobile'];
$text = $_POST['textcounter'];
$username = 'xxxx';
$password = 'xxxx';
// Set Timezone
date_default_timezone_set('Africa/Johannesburg');
$date = date("m/d/y G.i:s", time());
// Create Unique ID
$code = md5(time());
$newid = $code.$clientid;
$sql="INSERT INTO sent_itmes (sent_id, sent_message, sent_date, sent_quantity, client_id, sent_mobile)VALUES('$newid', '$text', '$date', '1', '$clientid', '$mobile')";
$result=mysql_query($sql);
$url = "http://bulksms.2way.co.za/eapi/submission/send_sms/2/2.0"; // URL to calc.cgi
$fields = array(
'site'=>'',
'username'=>($username),
'password'=>($password),
'message'=>urlencode($text),
'msisdn'=>urlencode($mobile)
);
$fields_string="?";
//url-ify the data for the POST
foreach($fields as $key=>$value) { $fields_string .= $key.'='.$value.'&'; }
rtrim($fields_string,'&');
//open connection
$ch = curl_init();
//set the url, number of POST vars, POST data
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL,$url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, false);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POST,count($fields));
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,$fields_string);
//execute post
ob_start();
curl_exec($ch);
ob_end_clean();
echo '<div class="alert alert-block alert-success">
<a class="close" data-dismiss="alert" href="#">×</a>
<h4 class="alert-heading">Success!</h4>
Your message has been Sent!
</div><br/><br/>Search Contact';
//close connection
curl_close($ch);
}
?>
When submitting the form, I get the error from response server "No recipients specified", so this means that the form value "mobile" doesnt pass though the value to the curl.
Help please, going off my mind.

Answer 1

Try adding a header that describes the content you post and maybe content you apply
curl_setopt ( $ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
'Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
'Accept: text/html',
'Expect: ',
) );

Answer 2

use this for sending data
//open connection
$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POST,count($fields));
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,POSTVARS.$fields_string); // this line is edited..
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION ,1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, false);
//execute post
ob_start();
curl_exec($ch);
your order was wrong...
more info http://www.askapache.com/php/sending-post-form-data-php-curl.html

Answer 3

When you submit form with disabled field, that field do not sent:
<input type="text" name="mobile" id="mobile" disabled class='input-square' value="<?php echo urlencode($contactmobile);?>">
If you want to send "mobile", you should add hidden field for it. And maybe replace disabled field name