Title: PHP 5.6 syntax issues? Broken API integration
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# PHP 5.6 syntax issues? Broken API integration

 *  [astewes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/astewes/)
 * (@astewes)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-56-syntax-issues-broken-api-integration/)
 * I’m trying to fix a broken integration with a job site’s API that I use on my
   site. I recently changed to the Sage theme and am using PHP 5.6.2. Before I migrated
   everything worked, and now it does not.
 * In my extras.php I’ve declared a few functions:
 * **Function 1: slugify the job titles:**
 *     ```
       function slugify($text) {
         // replace non letter or digits by -
         $text = preg_replace('~[^\\pL\d]+~u', '-', $text);
         // trim
         $text = trim($text, '-');
         // transliterate
         $text = iconv('utf-8', 'us-ascii//TRANSLIT', $text);
         // lowercase
         $text = strtolower($text);
         // remove unwanted characters
         $text = preg_replace('~[^-\w]+~', '', $text);
   
         if (empty($text)) {
           return 'n-a';
         }
         return $text;
       }
       add_filter('slugify',  __NAMESPACE__ . '\\slugify');
       ```
   
 * **Function 2: get the list of jobs:**
 *     ```
       function get_jobs() {
         $transient = 'lever_jobs';
         $json = get_transient($transient);
   
         if(false == $json) {
           $json = file_get_contents(LEVER_API_URL . '?mode=json');
           $json = json_decode($json);
           if(sizeof($json) > 0) {
             for ($i = 0; $i < count($json); $i++) {
               $json[$i]->slug = slugify($json[$i]->text);
             }
             set_transient($transient, $json, HOUR_IN_SECONDS);
           }
         }
         return $json;
       }
       add_filter('get_jobs',  __NAMESPACE__ . '\\get_jobs');
       ```
   
 * **Function 3: get job form errors:**
 *     ```
       function get_job_form_errors($postdata, $files) {
         $output = array();
   
         if(strlen($postdata['fullname']) == 0) {
           $output['fullname'] = true;
         }
         if(!is_email($postdata['email'])) {
           $output['email'] = true;
         }
         if (empty($_FILES["resume"]['name'])) {
           $output['resume'] = true;
         }
         return $output;
       }
       add_filter('get_job_form_errors',  __NAMESPACE__ . '\\get_job_form_errors');
       ```
   
 * **Function 4: submit the job to Lever:**
 *     ```
       function submit_to_lever($jobid, $postdata, $files) {
         $ch = curl_init(LEVER_API_URL . $jobid . '?key=' . LEVER_API_KEY);
   
         $f = $_FILES['resume']['tmp_name'];
         if(is_uploaded_file($f)) {
           $postdata['resume'] = "@$f;filename=".$_FILES['resume']['name'];
         }
   
         // curl doesnt support multi-dimensional arrays
         if(is_array($postdata['urls'])) {
           foreach ($postdata['urls'] as $key => $value) {
             $postdata["urls['$key']"] = $value;
           }
           unset($postdata['urls']);
         }
   
         $postdata['name'] = $postdata['fullname'];
         unset($postdata['fullname']);
   
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postdata);
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
         curl_exec($ch);
         curl_close($ch);
       }
       add_filter('submit_to_lever',  __NAMESPACE__ . '\\submit_to_lever');
       ```
   
 * **And then, in my template file, I call these functions at the top:**
 *     ```
       <?php
         $jobs = Roots\Sage\Extras\get_jobs();
         $is_post = False;
         $form_submitted = False;
         $errors = [];
   
         if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
           $is_post = True;
           $postdata = $_POST;
           var_dump($postdata);
           $files = $_FILES;
           parse_str($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
   
           $errors = Roots\Sage\Extras\get_job_form_errors($postdata, $files);
   
           if (sizeof($errors) == 0) {
             Roots\Sage\Extras\submit_to_lever($jobid, $postdata, $files);
             // var_dump($jobid);
             $form_submitted = True;
           }
         }
         }
       ?>
       ```
   
 * I’m able to get my job postings, and am able to echo what I need to in most parts
   of the template, except for this part:
 *     ```
       <?php
         $cur_job = null;
   
         foreach($jobs as $one) {
           if(isset($postdata['jobid'])) {
             if($one->id == $postdata['jobid']) {
               $cur_job = $one;
               break;
             }
           }
         }
       ?>
       ```
   
 * For example, when I try outputting some of these values in an input, like this:
 * `<input type="hidden" value="<?php echo isset($cur_job->id); ?>" name="jobid"/
   >`
 * I get index errors…
 * **Since everything was working properly prior to the PHP update**, I’m convinced
   this is a syntax issue. I’ve researched what needed to be updated to the best
   of my ability, but there’s still clearly something wrong. What am I missing?

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