PHP JWT OAuth2 Request Boilerplate

jwt_request.php

<?php

//https://stackoverflow.com/a/48896992/933782

function jwt_request($token, $post) {
    header('Content-Type: application/json'); // Specify the type of data
    $ch = curl_init('https://APPURL.com/api/json.php'); // Initialise cURL
    $post = json_encode($post); // Encode the data array into a JSON string
    $authorization = "Authorization: Bearer ".$token; // Prepare the authorisation token
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: application/json' , $authorization )); // Inject the token into the header
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1); // Specify the request method as POST
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $post); // Set the posted fields
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1); // This will follow any redirects
    $result = curl_exec($ch); // Execute the cURL statement
    curl_close($ch); // Close the cURL connection
    return json_decode($result); // Return the received data
}

$token = "080042cad6356ad5dc0a720c18b53b8e53d4c274"; // Get your token from a cookie or database
$post = array('some_trigger'=>'...','some_values'=>'...'); // Array of data with a trigger
$request = jwt_request($token,$post); // Send or retrieve data