HTTP post from android to PHP not working - php

Question

I am trying to get a Android device to send some information to a local host. I believe I have the Android sending the information, but my PHP code is not accepting or not displaying the code. I have attached my code, is there something I have missed? I am running wamp server also, and have put the permissions into the manifest.
Java Code: #
HttpPost httppost;
HttpClient httpclient;
// List with arameters and their values
List<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs;
String serverResponsePhrase;
int serverStatusCode;
String bytesSent;
String serverURL = "http://10.0.2.2/test/index.php";
httppost = new HttpPost(serverURL);
httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
nameValuePairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>(2);
// Adding parameters to send to the HTTP server.
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("parameterName1", "git"));
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("parameterName2", "git"));
// Send POST message with given parameters to the HTTP server.
try {
httppost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs));
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
InputStream is = response.getEntity().getContent();
BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(is);
ByteArrayBuffer baf = new ByteArrayBuffer(20);
int current = 0;
while ((current = bis.read()) != -1) {
baf.append((byte) current);
}
bytesSent = new String(baf.toByteArray());
// Response from the server
serverResponsePhrase = response.getStatusLine().getReasonPhrase();
serverStatusCode = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
System.out.println("COMPLETE");
} catch (Exception e) {
// Exception handling
System.out.println("Problem is " + e.toString());
}
PHP Code:
<?php
echo "param1 value: ".$_POST['parameterName1']."\n";
echo "param2 value: ".$_POST['parameterName2']."\n";
?>
I also tried this code, but it did not work with my PHP
HttpPost httppost;
HttpClient httpclient;
// List with arameters and their values
List<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs;
String serverResponsePhrase;
int serverStatusCode;
String bytesSent;
String serverURL = "http://10.0.2.2/test/index.php";
httppost = new HttpPost(serverURL);
httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
nameValuePairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>(2);
// Adding parameters to send to the HTTP server.
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("'parameterName1'", "git"));
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("'parameterName2'", "git"));
// Send POST message with given parameters to the HTTP server.
try {
HttpEntity entity = new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs);
httppost.addHeader(entity.getContentType());
httppost.setEntity(entity);
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
InputStream is = response.getEntity().getContent();
BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(is);
ByteArrayBuffer baf = new ByteArrayBuffer(20);
int current = 0;
while ((current = bis.read()) != -1) {
baf.append((byte) current);
}
bytesSent = new String(baf.toByteArray());
// Response from the server
serverResponsePhrase = response.getStatusLine().getReasonPhrase();
serverStatusCode = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
System.out.println("response" + response.toString());
System.out.println("COMPLETE");
} catch (Exception e) {
// Exception handling
System.out.println("Problem is " + e.toString());
}

Answer 1

Make sure the Content-Type HTTP header is getting set. Try replacing
httppost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs));
with this
HttpEntity entity = new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs);
httppost.addHeader(entity.getContentType());
httppost.setEntity(entity);
Also, instead of response.toString(), try EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity()) if you want to see the body of the response