how can I send request in JSON format to POST data

Question

I've a Api endpoint to work with code

<?php

    $name= $_POST['name'];
    $email = $_POST['email'];
    $password= $_POST['password'];
    $gender= $_POST['gender'];

    $con = mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "qwerty", "db");
    $query= mysqli_query($con, "INSERT INTO users(name,email, password, gender) VALUES('$name','$email', '$password', '$gender')");

    if($query){
        echo "You are sucessfully Registered";
    }

    else{
        echo "your details could not be registered";
    }

    mysqli_close($con);

?>

how can I make the request should look like

{ 
   "name":"abc", 
   "email":"gmail", 
   "gender":"male" 
}

I'm new to php Api development

Your code is vulnerable to SQL injection, you need to fix this. — Enstage, Jun 14 '17 at 09:36
Possible duplicate of [POST request with JSON body](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16920291/post-request-with-json-body) — Omkar Nath Singh, Jun 14 '17 at 09:37
insert values to an array and use json_encode an array in php — Praveen P K, Jun 14 '17 at 09:38

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 14 '17 at 09:36

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You have to build an array like so:

$data = array(
    'name' => $_POST['name'],
    'email' => $_POST['email'],
    'password' => $_POST['password']
);

And then you have to encode it : $encoded = json_encode($data)

answered Jun 14 '17 at 09:36

Julien Lachal

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This is not an answer, because there's no context. – schellingerht Jun 14 '17 at 09:40
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Does it look like the OP provides a context? Not really. He asked how to get a JSON array, that's what I answer. – Julien Lachal Jun 14 '17 at 09:42

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 14 '17 at 10:51

$data = array(
    'userID'      => 'a7664093-502e-4d2b-bf30-25a2b26d6021',
    'itemKind'    => 0,
    'value'       => 1,
    'description' => 'Boa saudaÁ„o.',
    'itemID'      => '03e76d0a-8bab-11e0-8250-000c29b481aa'
);

$json = json_encode($data);

$client = new Zend_Http_Client($uri);
$client->setRawData($json, 'application/json')->request('POST');

using this method you can send request in post

how can I send request in JSON format to POST data

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