(PHP using ActiveX) Send XMLHttpRequest and Get Response

Demonstrates how to send an HTTP XML request and retrieve the response.

Download Chilkat HTTP ActiveX

<?php

$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");

//  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
$success = $http->UnlockComponent('Anything for 30-day trial');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  The XML sent in the body of the request is application
//  specified -- it should contain whatever the server-side
//  application is expecting..
$xmlStr = '<?xml version=\'1.0\' encoding=\'UTF-8\'?><appXml><something>123</something></appXml>';

//  The PostXml method may be called to send the XMLHttpRequest
//  using the "POST" HTTP method (also known as "verb").
$urlEndpoint = 'http://www.chilkatsoft.com/xmlEcho.asp';
$xmlCharset = 'utf-8';

// response is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
$response = $http->PostXml($urlEndpoint,$xmlStr,$xmlCharset);
if (is_null($response)) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  The raw HTTP request sent by the above call is:
//  
POST /xmlEcho.asp HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: text/xml
User-Agent: Chilkat/1.0.0 (+http://www.chilkatsoft.com/ChilkatHttpUA.asp)
Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
Accept: */*
Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*; q=0.7
Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip
Content-Length: 81

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><appXml><something>123</something></appXml>


//  Examine the Body of the HTTP response
//  This would be the XML response sent by the server.
print $response->bodyStr() . "\n";


?>