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John Kheng
John Kheng

Reputation: 49

Arduino can't POST data to PHP

I have written a code for my Arduino to read data from sensor and then post to a PHP file called post-data.php, which then the PHP will insert the data into a database. However, my Arduino does not seemed to be able to post the data or it is not posting it correctly.

#ifdef ESP32
  #include <WiFi.h>
  #include <HTTPClient.h>
#else
  #include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
  #include <ESP8266HTTPClient.h>
  #include <WiFiClient.h>
  #include <ESP8266WebServer.h>
#endif

#define signalPin 12
#define sensorPin A0

const char *ssid = "****";
const char *password = "*****";
const char* serverName = "http://smartswitchfyp.rf.gd/post-data.php";
String apiKeyValue = "*******";
ESP8266WebServer server(80);

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  pinMode(sensorPin, INPUT);

  Serial.print("Configuring access point...");
  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    delay(500);
    Serial.print(".");
  }
  Serial.println("");
  Serial.println("WiFI connected");
  Serial.print("IP: ");
  Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());


void loop() {
  if(WiFi.status()== WL_CONNECTED){
    HTTPClient http;

// Your Domain name with URL path or IP address with path
http.begin(serverName);

// Specify content-type header
http.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

sensor();
// Prepare your HTTP POST request data
String httpRequestData = "api_key=" + apiKeyValue + "&value1=" + String(current) + "&value2=" + String(power) + "";


//String httpRequestData = "api_key=******9&value1=24.75&value2=49.54";
//Serial.print("httpRequestData: ");
//Serial.println(httpRequestData);

int httpResponseCode = http.POST(httpRequestData);


if (httpResponseCode>0) {
  Serial.print("HTTP Response code: ");
  Serial.println(response);
}
else {
  Serial.print("Error code: ");
  Serial.println(httpResponseCode);
}
http.end();

  }
  else {
    Serial.println("WiFi Disconnected");
  }
  delay(1000);
}

I have checked that my serverName is correct.

I have tested the post-data.php, and it works fine as there is an update at my database. Below is the test code, test.php I used to test post-data.php

<html>
<body>

<form action="post-data.php" method="post">
api: <input type="text" name="api_key">
Name: <input type="text" name="value1">
Email: <input type="text" name="value2">
<input type="submit">
</form>

</body>
</html>

And below is my post-data.php file

<?php

$servername = "sql101.epizy.com";
$dbname = "epiz_28338452_smartswitch";
$username = "epiz_28338452";
$password = "********";

// Keep this API Key value to be compatible with the ESP32 code provided in the project page. If you change this value, the ESP32 sketch needs to match
$api_key_value = "*******";

$api_key = $value1 = $value2 = "";

if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
    $api_key = test_input($_POST["api_key"]);
    if($api_key == $api_key_value) {
        $value1 = test_input($_POST["value1"]);
        $value2 = test_input($_POST["value2"]);
        
        // Create connection
        $conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);
        // Check connection
        if ($conn->connect_error) {
            die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
        } 
        
        $sql = "INSERT INTO Sensor (value1, value2) VALUES ('" . $value1 . "', '" . $value2 . "')";
        $result = $conn->query($sql);
        if ($result === TRUE) {
            echo "New record created successfully";
        } 
        else {
            echo "Error: " . $sql . "<br>" . $conn->error;
        }
    
        $conn->close();
    }
    else {
        echo "Wrong API Key provided.";
    }

}
else {
    echo "No data posted with HTTP POST.";
}

function test_input($data) {
    $data = trim($data);
    $data = stripslashes($data);
    $data = htmlspecialchars($data);
    return $data;
}

I'm 90% sure that is not the post-data.php file problem but my Arduino not able to post the data to the php file. At my Arduino code, I used the line

http.begin(serverName);

to connect to the post-data.php and then prepare the header:

http.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

and prepare the content:

 String httpRequestData = "api_key=" + apiKeyValue + "&value1=" + String(current) + "&value2=" + String(power) + "";

where current and power is process in other function/method. I have tested the current and power output, and they are float variables. Finally I used the line

int httpResponseCode = http.POST(httpRequestData);

to post the 3 data to the php file. When I startup the Arduino, the output shows HTTP Response code: 200, which I believe the php file was successfully called (correct me if I am wrong). However, my database does not have any data inserted. Again the test.php prove that the database can be inserted with data. Below is image of the database value inserted by the test.php file

Can anyone help me as I'm not sure what cause the Arduino to not able to post the data. Thanks!

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Upvotes: 0

Views: 1330

Answers (1)

norahCii
norahCii

Reputation: 139

you can't access your infinity free site with your arduino because infinity free have a security system see https://support.infinityfree.net/websites/what-is-the-i-1-suffix/ for more info

Upvotes: 1

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