The CCS API is currently free to use and you only need to put a link back to our website using the code below (preferably right under your CCS calculator):

<p>Powered by CCS API © <a href="https://www.childcaresubsidycalculator.com.au" target="_blank">Child Care Subsidy Calculator</a></p>

Below this line is the API code.
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<?php

// Build the JSON data input for the API

$data = array(
	// Hours of Activity (per Fortnight) 
	"activity_hours" => "45", // change 45 to your actual number. For Higher CCS this should be at least 8 hours.
	
	// Family Adjusted Taxable Income
	// If the user knows their CCS Percentage please set the family_income to 0. Then set the ccs_percent below to the actual CCS Percentage they enter.
	"family_income" => "155000", // change 155000 to your actual number

	// Standard Child Care Subsidy Percentage
	// If the user knows their CCS Percentage please set the ccs_percent below to the actual CCS Percentage they enter.
	// If you set the $family_income value to a NON ZERO value, you don't need to set the $ccs_percent
	"ccs_percent" => "0", // change 0 to your actual number
	
	// Centre Based Day Care Session (Daily) Hours
	"session_hours" => "10", // change 10 to your actual number
	
	// Centre Based Day Care Session (Daily) Fees
	"session_fees" => "120", // change 120 to your actual number
	
	// Centre Based Day Care Sessions (Days) per Week
	"sessions_per_week" => "5", // change 5 to your actual number
	
	// Centre Based Day Care Yearly Weeks
	"enrolled_weeks" => "50", // change 50 to your actual number
	
	// Is the child attending school?
	"attending_school" => "No", // change No to your actual option (Yes or No). For Higher CCS this should be No.
	
	// Is the child attending preschool at a Centre Based Day Care service?
	"attending_early_educational_program" => "No", // change No to your actual option (Yes or No). For Higher CCS this should be No.

	// If you don't set the $higher_CCS_eligibility, it will be treated as No
	"higher_CCS_eligibility" => $higher_CCS_eligibility,
	
	// CCS API Key
	"ccsapikey" => "Your CCS Calculator API Key" // change this to the actual API Key you have. You can get your API key from https://www.childcaresubsidycalculator.net.au/getapikey.html.
);                                                                    
$data_string = json_encode($data);                                                                                   


// call the CCS API
$ch = curl_init('https://www.childcaresubsidycalculator.net.au/api/ccscapi.php');
// If you need to call the Higher CCS API you can un-comment the line below and comment the line above.
// $ch = curl_init('https://www.childcaresubsidycalculator.net.au/api/enhancedccscapi.php');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data_string);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
    'Content-Type: application/json',
    'Content-Length: ' . strlen($data_string))
);                                                                                                                   
$result = curl_exec($ch);


// display result JSON. Need to comment the below line out when implementing the API
// echo $result;


// display result JSON in HTML Table
class Foo {
        public static function jsonToDebug($jsonText = '')
    {
        $arr = json_decode($jsonText, true);
        $html = "";
        if ($arr && is_array($arr)) {
            $html .= self::_arrayToHtmlTableRecursive($arr);
        }
        return $html;
    }

    private static function _arrayToHtmlTableRecursive($arr) {
        $str = "<table class=\"table table-hover table-striped table-bordered\"><tbody>";
        foreach ($arr as $key => $val) {
            $str .= "<tr>";
            $str .= "<td>" . str_replace("_"," ",ucwords($key)) . "</td>";
            $str .= "<td>";
            if (is_array($val)) {
                if (!empty($val)) {
                    $str .= self::_arrayToHtmlTableRecursive($val);
                }
            } else {
                $str .= "<strong>\$" . $val . "</strong>";
            }
            $str .= "</td></tr>";
        }
        $str .= "</tbody></table>";

        return $str;
    }
    
}

// Need to comment the below line out when implementing the API
// echo Foo::jsonToDebug($result);

?>