How can I forward $_POST with PHP and cURL? - php

Question

I receive a POST request at my PHP script and would like to forward this POST call to another script using POST too. How can I do this?
I can use cURL if it's required for this action.

Answer 1

Perhaps:
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $_POST);
From curl_setopt:
This can either be passed as a urlencoded string like 'para1=val1&para2=val2&...' or as an array with the field name as key and field data as value.

Answer 2

Do this,
curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($_POST));

Answer 3

Here's a fully functional cURL request that re-routes $_POST where you want (based on ZZ coder's reply)
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://urlOfFileWherePostIsSubmitted.com");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, TRUE);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
// ZZ coder's part
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($_POST));
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

Answer 4

<?php
function executeCurl($arrOptions) {
$mixCH = curl_init();
foreach ($arrOptions as $strCurlOpt => $mixCurlOptValue) {
curl_setopt($mixCH, $strCurlOpt, $mixCurlOptValue);
}
$mixResponse = curl_exec($mixCH);
curl_close($mixCH);
return $mixResponse;
}
// If need any HTTP authentication
$username = 'http-auth-username';
$password = 'http-auth-password';
$requestType = 'POST'; // This can be PUT or POST
// This can be $arrPostData = $_POST;
$arrPostData = array(
'key1' => 'value-1-for-k1y-1',
'key2' => 'value-2-for-key-2',
'key3' => array(
'key31' => 'value-for-key-3-1',
'key32' => array(
'key321' => 'value-for-key321'
)
),
'key4' => array(
'key' => 'value'
)
);
// You can set your POST data
$postData = http_build_query($arrPostData); // Raw PHP array
$postData = json_encode($arrPostData); // ONLY use this when requesting JSON data
$arrResponse = executeCurl(array(
CURLOPT_URL => 'http://whatever-your-request-url.com/xyz/yii',
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPGET => true,
CURLOPT_VERBOSE => true,
CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER => true,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => $requestType,
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $postData,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
"X-HTTP-Method-Override: " . $requestType,
'Content-Type: application/json', // ONLY use this when request json data
),
// If HTTP authentication is required , use the below lines
CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH => CURLAUTH_BASIC,
CURLOPT_USERPWD => $username. ':' . $password
));