Question

I am implementing Backbone.js, and I am just trying to understand how the sync function works.
To keep it very simple, here is the model.

var Item = Backbone.Model.extend({

defaults: {
  name: "Goo"
},

url: "commlink.php"
});

and then

Backbone.sync("create", item);

This is my commlink.php

$item=json_decode($_POST);
$name=$item->name;
$results=$mdb2->query("INSERT INTO list VALUES (NULL, '$name')");

I see a new row show up in my DB, however, the field “name” is blank.
I tried both item.save() and the above method…both ended up with the same blank cell but a new entry.

This is the error in chrome in network/content:

<b>Warning</b>:  json_decode() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in ...XXX...

This is in the request payload:

{"name":"Goo"}

Answer 1

$rawJSONString = file_get_contents('php://input');
$item = json_decode($wrapperString);
//$item->name is the data you want