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PHP Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Facebook Upload Photo from Local File

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Uploads a new photo with a caption from a local file.

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<?php

use Chilkat2\Http;
use Chilkat2\HttpRequest;
use Chilkat2\HttpResponse;

// This example assumes Chilkat HTTP to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$http = new Http();

$req = new HttpRequest();
$req->HttpVerb = 'POST';
$req->ContentType = 'multipart/form-data';
$req->Path = '/v2.7/me/photos';

// Use the previously obtained access token.
// Note: The publish_actions scope is required to upload a photo.
$req->AddHeader('Authorization', 'Bearer FACEBOOK-ACCESS-TOKEN');

// Send an "Expect: 100-continue" header in the request.
// This causes the HTTP server to end a 100-continue response
// immediately after receiving the HTTP header.  The client
// (Chilkat) will receive this intermediate response, and if
// it's not an error response, it knows that the HTTP server will
// accept the data that is forthcoming.
// The alternative is to get an error response after trying to upload
// the entire contents of the files.
$req->AddHeader('Expect', '100-continue');

// Set a photo caption.
$req->AddParam('caption', 'Here are some penguins!');

// Additional parameters can be added to the request by
// calling AddParam once per parameter.
// See https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/user/photos
// for more information about other optional parameters.

// Indicate the local file to be uploaded.
try {
    $req->AddFileForUpload('source', 'qa_data/jpg/penguins2.jpg');

    // Upload the image file..
    $resp = new HttpResponse();
    $http->HttpSReq('graph.facebook.com', 443, true, $req, $resp);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

// Examine the response body:
$responseJson = $resp->BodyStr;
echo $responseJson, "\n";

// The response contains JSON, such as this:
// {"id":"10210224963435862","post_id":"10224048320139890_10210224963435862"}