<?php

//Get your auth code through the ZoHo

$auth = 'my api key here';

$name='nit';

$surname='test';

$email='n@gmail.com';

// This is a very basic lead. 

// See https://zohocrmapi.wiki.zoho.com/insertRecords-Method.html#Sample_Lead_XMLDATA

$xml = '<Leads>

<row no="1">

<FL val="Lead Source">Website</FL>

<FL val="First Name">'.$name.'</FL>

<FL val="Last Name">'.$surname.'</FL>

<FL val="Email">'.$email.'</FL>

</row>

</Leads>';

//Initialize connection

$ch = curl_init('https://crm.zoho.com/crm/private/xml/Leads/insertRecords');

//standard i/o streams

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);

// Turn off the server and peer verification

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, FALSE);

//Set to return data to string ($response)

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);//Regular post

//Set post fields

$query = "authtoken={$auth}&scope=crmapi&xmlData={$xml}";

// Set the request as a POST FIELD for curl.

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $query);

//Execute cUrl session

$response = curl_exec($ch);

print_r($response);

curl_close($ch);

?>