Difference between two approches

[ronverdonk]

I don't like JavaScript very much so I would go for approach 2.
Approach 2 does not work because in this case you must enclose the array values within double quotes. This is your code as I tested it, together with a little program (B.PHP) that catches the POST en prints it out. Good luck!

PHP Code:

// create a new curl resource
$ch = curl_init();

// set URL and other appropriate options
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://localhost/tst/b.php");

// setup the test array
$data = array();
$data['schoolName'] = 'SCHOOLNAME';
$data['jobTitle'] = 'JOBTITLE';
$data['shortIntro'] = 'SHORTINTRO';
$data['body'] ='BODY';
$data['jobType'] = 'JOBTYPE';
$data['jobGrade'] = 'JOBGRADE';
$data['salary'] = 'SALARY';
$proofRead = "PROOFREAD";
$loginId= 'USERID';

// Setup the POST array
$arrayToBePosted = array(
'schoolId'  => "{$data['schoolName']}", 
'title'     => "{$data['jobTitle']}", 
'shortDesc' => "{$data['shortIntro']}", 
'longDesc'  => "{$data['body']}", 
'jobType'   => "{$data['jobType']}", 
'jobGrade'  => "{$data['jobGrade']}", 
'salary'    => "{$data['salary']}", 
'proofRead' => "{$proofRead}",
'userId'    => $loginId
               );
// Do a POST
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $arrayToBePosted);

// grab URL, and print
curl_exec($ch);
?>
Program B.PHP
echo '

Form variables I received: 

';
echo '

';
 print_r ($_POST);

                          echo '

';
?>

Ronald