Using Curl to build a string

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I need to post this string to a url :

https://sample.nodeurl.tld/api/getObjects.sjs?object=supporter&      [email protected]&condition=Last_Modified>2010-05-05&limit=5&orderBy=Last_Modified

The issue is with multiple conditions. The following code works with a single condition, but cant figure out how to build a string with multiple conditions.

$query = array();
$query ["object"]="supporter";
$query ["condition"]="First_Name= $_POST[fname]";


curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($query));
//return the transfer as a string
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);

$output = curl_exec($ch);

Why does it have two condition=? Shouldn't that be condition[]=? — gen_Eric
– gen_Eric, Commented Sep 20, 2013 at 17:59
You can't have your own set of = in the URL because it's a special character. — TravisO
– TravisO, Commented Sep 20, 2013 at 18:09

gen_Eric · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-20 18:01:53Z

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Just make $query["condition"] into an array.

$query = array(
    'object' => 'supporter',
    'condition' => array(
        '[email protected]',
        'Last_Modified>2010-05-05'
    )
);

Then http_build_query will build you a query string that looks like:

object=supporter&condition[][email protected]&condition[]=Last_Modified>2010-05-05

I don't know about other server-side languages, but in PHP the [] after condtion makes it into an array when it's posted.

answered Sep 20, 2013 at 18:01

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Vishnu · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-20 17:57:54Z

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Are you trying to pass this query in POST ?If so You can just use query directly

$string = "https://sample.nodeurl.tld/api/getObjects.sjs?object=supporter& [email protected]&condition=Last_Modified>2010-05-05&limit=5&orderBy=Last_Modified";
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $string);

answered Sep 20, 2013 at 17:57

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