John Davidson

Message:

I am trying to send request to rest API using curl as following :

   $headers = [



       'Content-Type:application/json',

       'tranDateTime:  $tranDateTime  ',

        'applicationID: 123456',

        'requestSignature: 12337777' 

        

        ];

I want to send the current date with along with header data. I defined a variable $tranDateTime that holds the current date and time but it appears as text as following

REQUEST HEADERS

[

    

x-forwarded-proto: "xxxxxxxxx" 

host: "eea0d7e6-e1b7-4031-9486-a126bc29ab5d.mock.pstmn.io"

x-real-ip: "xxxxxxxxx"

x-forwarded-for: "xxxxxxxxx"

x-request-start: "t=1653479444.950"

content-length: "150"

x-forwarded-port: "xxxxxxxxx"

x-amzn-trace-id: "Root=1-628e1814-4076172a36d527b30ae483c5"

accept: "*/*"

content-type: "application/json"

trandatetime: "$tranDateTime"   ---------------------------->>

applicationid: "123456"

 ]

How can I insert the value of the variable?

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My Answer:
To insert the value of the variable $tranDateTime in the header data, you need to concatenate the variable within the header array. Here's how you can do it:

php
$tranDateTime = date('Y-m-d H:i:s'); // Get current date and time

$headers = [
'Content-Type: application/json',
'tranDateTime: ' . $tranDateTime,
'applicationID: 123456',
'requestSignature: 12337777'
];

// Now you can use $headers array in your curl request


By concatenating the variable $tranDateTime with the header string, you will insert the current date and time in the header data when making the curl request.