Sending POST with cURL - Empty array

Question

I'm trying to send a POST request with cURL, but unfortunately I'm only receiving an empty string.

cURL:

<?php
echo "ID: " . $_POST["id"]; // here ID is not empty

$fields = array(
    'id' => urlencode($_POST["id"]),
    'name' => urlencode($_POST["name"])
);

$connection = curl_init();
curl_setopt($connection, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.example.de/remote.php");
curl_setopt ($connection, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($connection, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, count($fields));
curl_setopt($connection, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($connection, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
$response = curl_exec($connection);
?>

Remote-Server:

<?php
   var_dump($_POST); // shows an empty array
?>

You're sending the number of fields, count($fields) in to CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS instead of the actual fields, is that intentional? — pjumble
– pjumble, Commented Apr 22, 2012 at 1:06

Matt Urtnowski · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-22 01:07:14Z

4

You need to remove the count($fields) and instead just use $fields

curl_setopt($connection, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $fields);

Nowhere do you actually set the cURL option to send the fields

answered Apr 22, 2012 at 1:07

Matt Urtnowski

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