View source for PHP - Receive JSON POST data

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<?php
 
//Make sure that it is a POST request.
if(strcasecmp($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'], 'POST') != 0){
    throw new Exception('Request method must be POST!');
}
 
//Make sure that the content type of the POST request has been set to application/json
$contentType = isset($_SERVER["CONTENT_TYPE"]) ? trim($_SERVER["CONTENT_TYPE"]) : '';
if(strcasecmp($contentType, 'application/json') != 0){
    throw new Exception('Content type must be: application/json');
}
 
//Receive the RAW post data.
$content = trim(file_get_contents("php://input"));
 
//Attempt to decode the incoming RAW post data from JSON.
$decoded = json_decode($content, true);
 
//If json_decode failed, the JSON is invalid.
if(!is_array($decoded)){
    throw new Exception('Received content contained invalid JSON!');
}

//Process the JSON.
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