Encode JSON in PHP and submit with POST

Question

Problem:

I have a variable which is encoded in JSON and I'm stuck trying to figure out how this variable can be sent to a PHP page using jQuery/AJAX.

This is what I have tried so far.

1. The file is uploaded using http://blueimp.github.io/jQuery-File-Upload/
2. It gets processed by jQuery according to the JS code below.

JS code:

<script>    
    $(function () {
        'use strict';
        // Server-side upload handler:
        var url = 'process.php';

        $('#fileupload').fileupload({
            url: url,
            autoUpload: true,
            acceptFileTypes: /(\.|\/)(txt)$/i,
            maxFileSize: 5000000, // 5 MB               
            done: function (e, data) {

                setTimeout(function(){
                    $("#loading").html("Loading...");}, 1000);

                var formUrl = 'exec.php',

                // You'll have to re-encode to JSON, probably:
                formPerspective = JSON.stringify(data.result.formPerspective),

                // This is the newly added value ( Maybe this needs JSON aswell? )
                formTxtfile = JSON.stringify(data.result.formTxtfile),

                // Generate the form
                $form = $('<form action="'+ formUrl +'" method="post"></form>')
                        .append('<input type="hidden" name="Perspective" value="' + formPerspective + '">')
                        .append('<input type="hidden" name="Datafile" value="' + formTxtfile + '">')
                        .append('<input type="hidden" name="form_submitted">');

                // Submit the form
                $form.submit();
            },

            progressall: function (e, data) {
                var progress = parseInt(data.loaded / data.total * 100, 10);
                $('#progress .progress-bar').css(
                    'width',
                    progress + '%'
                );
            }
        }).prop('disabled', !$.support.fileInput)
            .parent().addClass($.support.fileInput ? undefined : 'disabled');
    });
</script>

1. As you can see, it calls the PHP handler which is according to the code below.

PHP code:

<?php
    session_start();

    $folder      = 'upload';

    if (!empty($_FILES))
    {
        // Set temporary name
        $tmp    = $_FILES['files']['tmp_name'];

        // Set target path and file name
        $target = $folder . '/' . $_FILES['files']['name'];

        // Upload file to target folder
        $status = move_uploaded_file($tmp, $target);

        if ($status)
        {
            // Set session with txtfile name
            $_SESSION['txtfile']    = $_FILES['files']['name'];

            $text_file    = file('upload/' . $_SESSION['txtfile']);

            foreach ($text_file as $line_number => $line)
            {               
                if (strpos($line, "\t") === 0)
                {
                    // Remove commented column names and first \t
                    $dimensions = explode("\t", preg_replace("#\t/.+#", '', substr($line, 1)));
                }               
            }

            // Set dimensions
            $_SESSION['dimensions'] = str_replace('\n', '', $dimensions);

            $jsonReturn = array(
                'formPerspective'   => $_SESSION['dimensions'],
                'formTxtfile'       => $_SESSION['txtfile']
            );

            // Convert to JSON
            $encode = json_encode($jsonReturn);

            echo $encode;
        }
    }
?>

Desired solution:

I would like to take the information in $encode and send it using POST to the page "oe.lc". On OE.lc the variable is picked by using:

$_POST["Perspective"]

In addition, OE.lc checks if a form is submitted using:

$_POST["form_submitted"]

The JS should redirect to OE.lc upon submission (now it redirects to explorer.php).

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Try to simply echo the $encode and then exit the script by using die();

Edit: You said you would like to add extra values to the form, first you need to change the php file that determines the return to Javascript in JSON:

$jsonReturn = array(
    'formPerspective' => $dimensions,
    'formTxtfile' => $_SESSION['txtfile'],
);

// Convert to JSON
$encode = str_replace('\n', '', json_encode($jsonReturn));

// The above will print out the following when echoed:
// {'formPerspective':["legs","skincover","weight","intelligence","speed"], 'formTxtfile': 'Not sure what this holds as data'}

die($encode);

The data should then be in data.result in the done callback you configured.

You probably want to forward the browser to oe.lc, how about you generate a form and submit that?

Edit: We should add our newly accuired value here:

$('#fileupload').fileupload({
        // ...
        done: function (e, data) {
                // Determine the url:
            var formUrl = 'http://oe.lc',

                // You'll have to re-encode to JSON, probably:
                formPerspective = JSON.stringify(data.result.formPerspective),

                // This is the newly added value ( Maybe this needs JSON aswell? )
                formTxtfile = JSON.stringify(data.result.formTxtfile),


                // Generate the form
                $form = $("<form action='"+ formUrl +"' method='post'></form>")
                        .append("<input type='hidden' name='Perspective' value='" + formPerspective + "'>")
                        .append("<input type='hidden' name='Datafile' value='" + formTxtfile + "'>")
                        .append("<input type='hidden' name='form_submitted'>")
                        .appendTo('body');

                // Submit the form
                $form.submit();
        },
        // ...
    });

Please let me know if that works for you!