Question

I am trying to POST a raw string via jQuery.ajax()

e.g.,

contact_list=352345

I have

$.ajax({
        beforeSend: function(xhr){
            xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', header);
        }
        },
        url: link,
        type: type,
        processData:false,
        data: data,
        success: function(data){
            console.log(data);
        }
     });

Most of the time I am sending JSON data, so header='application/json'

On the server side, I echo $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA and see my JSON string just fine.

However, I sometimes want to send normal form data too. But when I set header='application/x-www-form-urlencoded' $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA is empty.

ProcessData is false, so shouldn’t it just pass my string on through?

As a temporary workaround I’m just leaving the header as application/json and ignoring the Content-Type on the server for this particular endpoint.

Answer 1

PHP $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA is not available with enctype=”multipart/form-data”. http://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.always-populate-raw-post-data

So, now on the server I do the following:

if (count($_POST == 0){
    $raw = file_get_contents('php://input');    
}else{
    $raw = '';
    foreach($_POST as $key => $value) {
        $raw = $raw.$key.'='.$value.'&';
    }
}

Seems to be working.