post-json.php

<?php
    // API URL
    $url = 'http://localhost/post-path';

    // Create a new cURL resource
    $ch = curl_init($url);

    // Setup request to send json via POST
    
    $data = array(
        'name' => 'test'
    );

    $payload = json_encode($data);

    // Attach encoded JSON string to the POST fields
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $payload);

    // Set the content type to application/json
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type:application/json'));

    // Return response instead of outputting
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

    // Execute the POST request
    $result = curl_exec($ch);

    // log result
    var_dump($result);

    // Close cURL resource
    curl_close($ch);
?>