Is there a way of seeing the raw $_POST data of the form?

For debugging purposes, I'm making a hardcoded set of data from a form, http://www.jotform.com//?formID=51624353720146 so that I don't have to continuously fill the form to test methods when parsing the data. However, somehow, I can't get my 2D array to have the same format output as yours. Is there a way I can see the php you use to send the data to an external url?

 

For reference, here's the output jotForm sends to the url:

Array ( [0] => ["","024 JRG","7.7","1.74","14","delta\/gamma","Sorted cells"][1] => ["","013 Joe","5.6","2.3","13","delta\/gamma","Sorted cells"] [2] => ["","003 LQ","16.9","1.6","13","delta\/gamma","Sorted cells"] [3] => ["","001 MD","13.3","1.5","13","delta\/gamma","Sorted cells"] );

 

Here's the output from sample data I have constructed:

Array ( [0] => Array ( [0] => [1] => 024 [2] => JRG,7.7 [3] => 1.74 [4] => 14 [5] => delta/gamma [6] => Sorted cells ) [1] => Array ( [0] => [1] => 013 Joe [2] => 5.6 [3] => 2.3 [4] => 13 [5] => delta/gamma [6] => Sorted cells ) [2] => Array ( [0] => [1] => 003 LQ [2] => 16.9 [3] => 1.6 [4] => 13 [5] => delta/gamma [6] => Sorted cells );

I'm looking for a way of condensing the inner arrays that output from my code to match the output from jotForm.  

 

You can redirect the form to a custom URL  hosting a php page, you will then be able to check the post data being sent from the form using the following php routing var_dump($_POST).

Here's what you need to do to enable sending of post data

1. Under preferences->Advanced Form settings, enable the send POST data option

2. Next change the thank you url to a custom url page where you want the form to redirect to after posting, this is where you will fetch the POST data.

 

I was able to get the post data to another url and view the data. My question was about the data output. When sending form data to a url, somehow 2D arrays are outputted in a format that mixes short and long syntax: 

Array([0] => [v1, v2, v3], [1] => [v1,v2,v3]);

 

But I can't seem to get my data (which should be mirroring the data the form sends) to be formatted that way. So it comes out as:

Array([0] => array([0] => v1, [1] => v2, [2] => v3), [1] => array([0] => v1, [1]=>v2, [2] =>v3))

I want to make the format that my data outputs the same as the data the jotform outputs, so simply viewing more info on the variables is not particularly helpful. I currently have the array hardcoded like this: 

Array( 0 => ["" ,"024","JRG,7.7","1.74","14","delta/gamma","Sorted cells"],

   1 =>["","013 Joe","5.6","2.3","13","delta/gamma","Sorted cells"] .... );

is this what the source code for the data should look like before being processed by php? 

 

in your statement...

I want to make the format that my data outputs the same as the data the jotform outputs,

I assume you were referring to your own PHP code that does the formatting script.

Did you check already using the custom TY URL http://www.jotform.com/show-post-data

It is not really clear what you wanted to do, but if you can share to us the PHP script you were using to 'format' the data output (which I assume is this jotform.irepertoire.com/test.php) we will be able to understand what you wanted to do, and we will be able to provide a better suggestion.

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry, I'm new to php, so I'm not very good at articulating what help I need. In my php file, I have hardcoded an array to match the $_POST data. In it I have a two dimensional array 'sampleinformation29' =>Array( 0 => ["" ,"024","JRG,7.7","1.74","14","delta/gamma","Sorted cells"],

1 =>["","013 JC","5.6","2.3","13","delta/gamma","Sorted cells"],

2 => ["","003 LQ","16.9","1.6","13","delta/gamma","Sorted cells"], 

3 => ["","001 MD","13.3","1.5","13","delta/gamma","Sorted cells"]), 

which is part of the $_POST array. When I type in print_r($dataForm), $dataForm being an array that mirrors the $_POST array that contains sample values in the syntax you see above, the output is 

[sampleinformation29] => Array([0] => Array([0] => "" [1] => 024[2] => JRG)
rather than
[sampleinformation29] => Array([0]=>["","024","JRG"]

I was wondering if you could tell me how you got the data do look like that ( Array([0]=>["","024","JRG"]) with the values of the inner arrays condensed into ["value", "value"]
 

Alternatively, could you tell me how to access "val 2" in the following code? This is the output format that jotForm gives for a "matrix" style question. 

 [sampleinformation29] =>

Array ( [0] => ["val1","val2","val3"] , [1] => ["val a","val b","val c"] )

 

I have tried

echo $_POST['sampleinformation29'] [0][1];

but the output ends up just being " rather than val1. The previous questions where so that I could debug locally rather than having to continuously fill out a form to test, but if you could tell me how to get to "val2" it would ultimately solve my problem as well. 

 

I apologize for the confusion. 

Hi,

I'm currently looking at this, but could you try using Webhook instead? Here's a guide on that: http://www.jotform.com/help/245-How-to-Setup-Webhook-with-JotForm.

It looks like it's not a multidimensional array but rather a long string, but I'm not sure of it, I'm still doing some test, for the meantime, please do explore "Webhook" instead. It should give you a more easy way to get your raw data on an HTTP POST.

I'll get back to you when I found a way on the original issue.

Thank you.

Hi,

I was able to resolve the problem, the reason is that it is not an array. Example: echo $_POST['sampleinformation29'][0][1] only outputs " or something like \, this is because it is the position in the string.

This is what you can do, convert the $_POST['sampleinformation29'][0] into an array using this:

$row1 = preg_split("/[\s,]+/", $_POST['sampleinformation29']['0']);

It will then create an array for the first row of that array, you can now access the information on that array.

 

To print the array you can use this: 

print_r($row1);

 

To call any of the value on that row, you can refer using indexes on a normal array. I use stripslashes to remove the "\" in it. 

echo stripslashes($row1[1]);

 

You can repeat the process on each row, or you can just create a while or for loop.

Do let us know if you need more information on this.