So you're not understanding the PHP? Me neither, though in the original it looks pretty much like perl 
try {
    $result = rpm_req('CustomerAdd','
        "Customer": {
            "Name": "'.$customer['name'].'",
            "Website": "'.$customer['website'].'",
            "Address": "'.$customer['address'].'",
            "City": "'.$customer['city'].'",
            "StateProvince": "'.$customer['stateprovince'].'",
            "Country": "United States",
            "ZipPostalCode": "'.$customer['zippostalcode'].'",
            "PrimaryContact": {
                "Salutation": "'.$customer['salutation'].'",
                "FirstName": "'.$customer['first name'].'",
                "LastName": "'.$customer['last name'].'",
                "Title": "'.$customer['title'].'",
                "Email": "'.$customer['email'].'",
                "PhoneBusiness": { "Number":"'.$customer['phone'].'"}
            }
            '.$customer_fields.'
        }
    ');
    echo 'Customer added';
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage();
}

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becomes 
eval {
    $result = rpm_req(
        'CustomerAdd', '
    "Customer": {
        "Name": "' . $customer{'name'} . '",
        "Website": "' . $customer{'website'} . '",
        "Address": "' . $customer{'address'} . '",
        "City": "' . $customer{'city'} . '",
        "StateProvince": "' . $customer{'stateprovince'} . '",
        "Country": "United States",
        "ZipPostalCode": "' . $customer{'zippostalcode'} . '",
        "PrimaryContact": {
            "Salutation": "' . $customer{'salutation'} . '",
            "FirstName": "' . $customer{'first name'} . '",
            "LastName": "' . $customer{'last name'} . '",
            "Title": "' . $customer{'title'} . '",
            "Email": "' . $customer{'email'} . '",
            "PhoneBusiness": { "Number":"' . $customer{'phone'} . '"}
        }
        ' . $customer_fields . '
    }
'
    );

} or warn $@;

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In reply to Re: PHP -> Perl question by Anonymous Monk
in thread PHP -> Perl question by ultranerds

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