Unlock WordPress REST API Potential with PHP cURL

Sure, here’s an example of how you might use PHP cURL to make a request to the WordPress REST API, along with some error handling:

<?php

// Endpoint URL
$endpoint = 'https://your-wordpress-site.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts';

// Data to send in the request
$data = array(
    'title' => 'Hello World',
    'content' => 'This is a test post created via REST API.'
);

// Initialize cURL session
$ch = curl_init();

// Set cURL options
curl_setopt_array($ch, array(
    CURLOPT_URL => $endpoint,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode($data),
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
        'Content-Type: application/json',
        // Add any additional headers if needed, such as authentication headers
    )
));

// Execute the request
$response = curl_exec($ch);

// Check for errors
if ($response === false) {
    // Handle cURL error
    echo 'cURL error: ' . curl_error($ch);
} else {
    // Decode the response
    $result = json_decode($response, true);

    // Check if response contains error message
    if(isset($result['code']) && isset($result['message'])){
        echo 'WordPress API Error: ' . $result['message'];
    } else {
        // Request was successful
        echo 'Post created successfully. ID: ' . $result['id'];
    }
}

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

Make sure to replace 'https://your-wordpress-site.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts' with the actual endpoint URL you want to access, and adjust the data being sent in the $data array according to your needs. Also, ensure that you handle any authentication required by your WordPress site, such as including authentication headers in the CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER array.