Get JSON Data with PHP cURL

Question

I have a simple script that outputs some JSON. I'm trying to retrieve the JSON contents in a variable with another PHP script, but when I do a var_dump(), I'm getting NULL instead of the JSON data.

Here's the JSON. The only output is: {"ProductID":"1000096","ProductStyleID":"1001029","ProductCategoryID":"1000004"}

json.php

$arr['ProductID'] = "1000096";
$arr['ProductStyleID'] = "1001029";
$arr['ProductCategoryID'] = "1000004";

$json_arr = json_encode($arr);
echo $json_arr;

And here's the cURL script, which right now is outputting NULL:

curl.php

$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt ($curl, CURLOPT_URL, "/json.php");
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);

$result = curl_exec ($curl);
curl_close ($curl);
var_dump(json_decode($result, true));

How can I retrieve the JSON echoed in the json.php script?

Well, that was fast. Didn't know I had to use the full URL as I'm used to using partial paths instead. Thanks a lot, guys. :) — GTS Joe
– GTS Joe, Commented Sep 21, 2016 at 15:25
curl runs on the server. it has NO idea what your browser is doing. — Marc B
– Marc B, Commented Sep 22, 2016 at 21:16

Death-is-the-real-truth · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-21 15:38:34Z

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If you see a basic CURL example:- http://php.net/manual/en/curl.examples-basic.php

You come to know that instead of:-

"/json.php"

You need to give full path like:-

(http://...) or (https://...) for your file (based on your server)

Note:- Rest of your code seems perfectly fine.Thanks

edited Sep 21, 2016 at 15:38

answered Sep 21, 2016 at 15:32

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Death-is-the-real-truth · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-17 08:33:55Z

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This is the URL to get the data:-

$url="https://.../api.php?action";

Using cURL:

//  Initiate curl
$cuh = curl_init();
// Disable SSL verification
curl_setopt($cuh, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
// Will return the response, if false it print the response
curl_setopt($cuh, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
// Set the url
curl_setopt($cuh, CURLOPT_URL,$url);
// Execute
$result=curl_exec($cuh);
// Closing
curl_close($cuh);

// Will dump a beauty json :3
var_dump(json_decode($result, true));

edited Nov 17, 2016 at 8:33

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answered Sep 21, 2016 at 15:34

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Death-is-the-real-truth Over a year ago

not really helpful to OP. far away from actual answer

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