Is your convertToJSON function returning UTF8? I’m not sure what LC 7 does when it concatenates “json=“ to a UTF8 string. If for example that json= is UTF16 and the rest of the data is UTF8 it’s not surprising the server is freaking out. Try:
put textEncode(“json=“,”UTF8”) before tData > On 21 Aug 2015, at 7:53 am, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote: > > I'm still struggling with this. I have a valid JSON string, verified by a > web-checking site and by the PHP developer. He wants me to POST it this way: > > json=<JSON string> > > It doesn't work. He says the server receives it but it is not passed to the > PHP script because the main parameter is empty. Here's what I do: > > set the httpHeaders to "content-type: application/json" > put convertToJSON() into tData -- produces valid JSON > put "json=" before tData > post tData to kServerURL > > The result is empty. The developer has set up the PHP to return the values > back to me for testing, but "it" is also always empty. He says this means > there is no "main parameter", but he also said adding "json=" to the front > would provide that, he will just grab the params from what follows. > > The URL is https if that matters. I have also tried URLEncoding the JSON but > it didn't help. I also tried removing the custom header. > > He pointed me to this web site: <https://www.hurl.it/> When I set it to send > JSON and enter the same params there, it POSTs successfully to the server. > > How would you POST a JSON string to a PHP script on a secure server? > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
