Receive JSON payload with ZEND framework and / or PHP

Question

I'm receiving a JSON payload from a webservice at my site's internal webpage at /asset/setjob. The following is the JSON payload being posted to /asset/setjob:

[{"job": {"source_filename": "beer-drinking-pig.mpg", "current_step": "waiting_for_file", "encoding_profile_id": "nil", "resolution": "nil", "status_url": "http://example.com/api/v1/jobs/1.json", "id": 1, "bitrate": "nil", "current_status": "waiting for file", "current_progress": "nil", "remote_id": "my-own-remote-id"}}]

This payload posts one time to this page. The page is not meant for viewing but parsing the JSON object for the id and current_status so that I can insert it into a database. I'm using Zend framework.

HOW DO I receive this payload in Zend? Do I $_GET['json']? $_POST['job']? None of these seem to work. I essentially need to assign this payload to a php variable so that I can then manipulate it.

I've tried:

$jsonStrGet = var_dump($_GET); $jsonStrPost = var_dump($_POST);

And I've tried: $response = $this->getResponse(); $body = $response->getBody();

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Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks.

What was the output of $jsonStrGet = var_dump($_GET); $jsonStrPost = var_dump($_POST); ? — mike, May 16 '10 at 14:17
Check the answer to this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/813487/how-to-post-json-to-php-with-curl — David Riccitelli, May 06 '12 at 10:47

score 39 · Answer 1 · answered May 14 '11 at 11:08

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It is possible to get payload data this way (inside your action method):

$body = $this->getRequest()->getRawBody();
$data = Zend_Json::decode($body);

The $body will contain your raw JSON string: [{"job": {"source_filename": ...}] and $data variable will contain decoded JSON data passed in payload.

answered May 14 '11 at 11:08

ischenkodv

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ZF2: `$this->request->getContent();` – Saeven Apr 02 '15 at 04:21

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 16 '23 at 07:08

Following up on what @Saeven said above for Zend Framework 2 you would have use $request->getContent() with \Zend\Json\Json::decode. Here's an example I used for testing.

<?php

namespace Rsvp\Controller;

use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController;
use Zend\View\Model\ViewModel;
use Zend\View\Model\JsonModel;

class RsvpController extends AbstractActionController{

    public function getAccessTokenAction() {
        $request = $this->getRequest();

        $result = array('status' => 'error', 'message' => 'There was some error. Try again.', 'isXmlHTTP' => $request->isXmlHttpRequest());

        if($request->isXmlHttpRequest()){
             $data = \Zend\Json\Json::decode($request->getContent());

            if(!empty($data->token)){
                $result['status'] = 'success';
                $result['accessToken'] = '1234';
               $result['message'] = '';
            }
        }
    
        return new JsonModel($result);
    }
}

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 17 '10 at 18:48

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I'm not aware of how you use ZF here, but to access to request parameters, you need to use

$this->getParams() or $this->getParam('yourvar');

(See manual)

in your controller.

Then, use Zend_Json::decode($var);

answered May 17 '10 at 18:48

Boris Guéry

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 17 '10 at 18:49

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Not sure what you are asking, but to convert a JSON string into an object, use Zend_Json::decode($foo)?

edited May 17 '10 at 18:49

Boris Guéry

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answered May 17 '10 at 18:44

Kevin Sedgley

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Receive JSON payload with ZEND framework and / or PHP

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