Mail Chimp Api subscribe to list example

mailchimp_subscribe.php

<?php
/**
 * First things first
 * 
 * get the mailchimp api php package (you can use composer or just download it)
 * 
 * https://packagist.org/packages/mailchimp/mailchimp
 * 
 * Put it somewhere that you can access it and then instantiate it. (see the require_once line)
 *
 */

if(!isset($_POST['email'])){
echo json_encode(array('error' => 'must be a post and expecting [email] param'));
exit;
}
require_once "mailchimp-api-php/src/Mailchimp.php";

try {
$mail_chimp = new Mailchimp(''); //api key
$list_id = ''; //list id
$email = trim($_POST['email']);

$result = $mail_chimp->call('lists/subscribe', array('id' => $list_id, 'email' => array('email' => $email),));

if(isset($result['email'])){
echo json_encode(array('success' => 'all is well'));
}else{
echo json_encode(array('error' => 'aw man'));
}
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo json_encode(array('error' => 'catchable error'));
}
exit;

Much neat. So succinct.