Code now;
$operations = [];
foreach($users as $user) {
$operation = [
'method' => 'POST',
'path' => "/lists/$listId/members",
'operation_id' => $user['id'],
'body' => json_encode([
'email_address' => $user['email'],
'status' => $user['status'], // Create sync/button to allow BFCMA back end to change this with the DB to then update with daily/weekly batch request
//add additional fields to insert into MC
'merge_fields' => [ // 8/10/21 Stackoverflow suggests to use merge-fields *not currently working with it included
'FNAME' => $user['fname'],
'LNAME' => $user['lname']
]
])
];
array_push($operations, $operation);
}
// create object to put $operations array inside
$operationsObject = ['operations'=>$operations];
echo '<pre> ';
print_r($operationsObject);
echo '</pre>';
try {
$response = $mailchimp->batches->start($operationsObject);
// echo $response;
echo '<pre> ';
print_r($response);
echo '</pre>';
} catch (\MailchimpMarketing\ApiException $e) {
echo $e->getMessage();
}
In addition, here is the final part of the code if you were to include the json_encode;
// create object to put $operations array inside
$operationsObject = ['operations'=>$operations];
echo '<pre> ';
print_r($operationsObject);
echo '</pre>';
$json = json_encode($operationsObject, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
echo '<pre> ';
print_r($json);
echo '</pre>';
try {
$response = $mailchimp->batches->start($json);
// echo $response;
echo '<pre> ';
print_r($response);
echo '</pre>';
} catch (\MailchimpMarketing\ApiException $e) {
echo $e->getMessage();
}
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