Trouble getting post data from AngularJS $http.post

Question

Very new with AngularJS, I'm sure it's something simple I'm doing wrong but I cannot figure it out. All I'm trying to do is log the incoming POST from Angular, using PHP.

AngularJS function:

$scope.addTask = function() {
        $http.post('process.php', { newTask: $scope.newTask });
        $scope.newTask = '';
    };

process.php:

if (isset($_POST['newTask'])) {
        createLog('test');
    }

function createLog ($str) {
    $file = 'log.txt';
    $str .= "\n";
    file_put_contents($file, $str, FILE_APPEND | LOCK_EX);
}

What error are you getting? Is your process.php file in the same directory as your .js file? If not, it is a relative path issue. — buzzsaw
– buzzsaw, Commented Oct 10, 2015 at 20:10
No error, it's just not picking up that a POST variable is passed. Path is correct. — Tim Aych
– Tim Aych, Commented Oct 10, 2015 at 20:19
@buzzsaw directory or path of js file has no relevance at all — charlietfl
– charlietfl, Commented Oct 10, 2015 at 20:23
$http sends data as json by default...leaves `$_POST empty. See stackoverflow.com/questions/15485354/… — charlietfl
– charlietfl, Commented Oct 10, 2015 at 20:26

buzzsaw · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-10 20:30:56Z

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If you are sending in a POST to PHP from angular, you need to retrieve it a bit differently in your backend. As noted by @charlietfl, the $_POST is empty. I have been out of the PHP game for a while but this should work for you.

$data = file_get_contents("php://input");
$request = json_decode($data);

answered Oct 10, 2015 at 20:30

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Tim Aych Over a year ago

Ah! I'm used to making AJAX calls from jQuery. Thanks!

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