Get POST data in PHP

So I'm running this to retrieve my POST data:

$jsonString = file_get_contents('php://input');

If I go to print out the $jsonString, I get the results like so:

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Something=Value&OtherThing=Value&Etc=Yougetmydrift

Now in the past I've been able to do this:

$object = json_decode($jsonString);
$something = $object->Something;
echo $something; // would print 'Value'

But I'm currently experiencing this not working. I'm working with the Android SDK and php://input on the back end seems to be returning nothing. Does anyone know why this is?

I think you just want:

echo $_POST["Something"];

You shouldn't need to do file_get_contents('php://input');. PHP automatically fills the variable $_POST with post data.

echo $_POST['Something']; // Value

Also, just FYI: Something=Value&OtherThing=Value&Etc=Yougetmydrift isn't JSON, it's a query string. If you really wanted to parse it, you should use parse_str($string, $result)^docs.

the file_get_contents('php://input'); style is usually used for PUT data. For POST PHP provides a built in super-global array called $_POST.

use: urldecode / urlencode, not json_decode