file_get_contents('php://input') not working. Empty - NULL

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I having this problem for the last 12 hours, i read about 50 articles, 50 questions here, i can't fix it. I will be more precise, i want others get the solution too.

The problem: I have a hosting account in namech****, and a local server. Linux there and Xampp Windows here, this only works in my local server.

test.php:

<?php    
    $data = json_decode(file_get_contents("php://input"), true);
        var_dump($data);
?>

The post request is:

POST /test.php HTTP/1.1
Host: myweb.io
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 77

{
  "test": "product/created",
  "other": "https://google.com/"
}

I use REQBIN for test the POST request.

This is the response in my hosting:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Sun, 03 May 2020 17:04:33 GMT
Server: Apache
X-Powered-By: PHP/7.4.5
Content-Encoding: gzip
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

NULL

This is the correct response on my local enviroment using XAMPP

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Sun, 03 May 2020 17:15:19 GMT
Server: Apache/2.4.41 (Win64) OpenSSL/1.1.1c PHP/7.4.3
X-Powered-By: PHP/7.4.3
Content-Length: 94
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

Array
(
    [test] => product/created
    [other] => https://google.com/
)

Things i've tried:

Set the allow_url_fopen to 1, or 0.
Downgrade PHP versión (Tried 7.1,2,3,4)
Uninstall SSL Certificate
Millions of things in PHP.INI
Removing htaccess
Removing some php modules / extensions UPDATE:
The file is individual, cheched that the function is only execute one time
I check if there are no redirections. (Htaccess, cPanel settings)

If you do several things at the same time, you can't know what's failing. What does var_dump(file_get_contents("php://input")); print? — Álvaro González
– Álvaro González, Commented May 3, 2020 at 17:21
Please have a look at this: stackoverflow.com/questions/18866571/receive-json-post-with-php — Salim Ibrohimi
– Salim Ibrohimi, Commented May 3, 2020 at 17:23
I'd also recommend to refrain from trying random stuff you find in Google unless they include a sensible explanation that links it to your problem. I understand your frustration, but these random changes can easily break things. — Álvaro González
– Álvaro González, Commented May 3, 2020 at 17:24
"It is worth pointing out that if you use json_decode(file_get_contents("php://input")) (as others have mentioned), this will fail if the string is not valid JSON." - @xtrasimplicity And the response from your server returns gzipped data: "Content-Encoding: gzip" — Salim Ibrohimi
– Salim Ibrohimi, Commented May 3, 2020 at 17:27
A common reason you'd be missing POST data due to an environmental issue would be an HTTP redirect - are you sure that's not happening on your hosting? — iainn
– iainn, Commented May 3, 2020 at 17:36

Al-Punk · Accepted Answer · 2022-04-23 11:04:11Z

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I had the same issue; apparently an HTTP Redirect (e.g 301 to https) was prohibiting the data from being redirected along.

Make sure you have no redirects.

answered Apr 23, 2022 at 11:04

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Pieter Eksteen · Accepted Answer · 2021-04-30 21:13:13Z

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Believe it or not:

Changing: RewriteRule ^ /%1 [NC,L,R]

to

RewriteRule ^ %1 [NC,L,R]

and then back to

RewriteRule ^ /%1 [NC,L,R]

And similarly RewriteRule ^(.*?)/?$ /$1.php [NC,L]

to

RewriteRule ^(.*?)/?$ $1.php [NC,L]

and then back to

RewriteRule ^(.*?)/?$ /$1.php [NC,L]

Appeared to sort it out!

answered Apr 30, 2021 at 21:13

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Amalgama29234 · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-04 09:43:47Z

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I fix it, don't know how, but i think the solution was: Delete my htaccess completely, no redirections (http to https). Dont test with reqbin, test it with php pure code, or PostMan.

answered May 4, 2020 at 9:43

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sukalogika · Accepted Answer · 2024-03-28 04:43:55Z

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this is just happened to my clients website.

My client used Nginx and redirect if its contain www. eg:

https://www.example.com

to

https://example.com

Mycode:

$notifications = json_decode(file_get_contents("php://input"),TRUE);

If Its hitted by www. The result of $notifications is NULL

but if hits by using second link (without www)

The $notifications is contains exactly the inputed.

The solution is: Change the access URL. In my case, change webhook URL.

edited Mar 28, 2024 at 4:43

answered Mar 26, 2024 at 3:57

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cursorrux · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-27 15:43:33Z

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I also had this problem, and I realized that my address was http:// instead of https://.

Now I have something with file_get_contents("php://input")

I hope this will solve your problem.

edited Mar 27, 2022 at 15:43

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