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copied!<p>Backbone is based on a REST API: when saving/updating a model to the server, Backbone will send it serialized as JSON in the request body with a <code>POST</code> our <code>PUT</code> request. From <a href="http://backbonejs.org/#Sync">Backbone.sync documentation</a></p> <blockquote> <p>With the default implementation, when Backbone.sync sends up a request to save a model, its attributes will be passed, serialized as JSON, and sent in the HTTP body with content-type application/json.</p> </blockquote> <p>This means that server-side you have to</p> <ul> <li>determine the type of request</li> <li>decode the serialized JSON</li> </ul> <p>Something like this should get you started</p> <pre><code>$request_method = strtolower($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']); $data = null; switch ($request_method) { case 'post': case 'put': $data = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input')); break; } // print_r($data); // note that mysql_* functions are deprecated // http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-query.php // inserting with a PDO object, assuming an auto incremented id $sql = "INSERT INTO boxes (x, y, w, h) VALUES(?, ?, ?, ?)"; $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql); $sth->execute(array( $data->x, $data->y, $data->w, $data->h )); $id = $dbh->lastInsertId(); </code></pre> <p>Check this page for a more thorough implementation of a REST API in PHP <a href="http://www.gen-x-design.com/archives/create-a-rest-api-with-php/">http://www.gen-x-design.com/archives/create-a-rest-api-with-php/</a></p>

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