PHP

Send a Staged Form-URL-Encoded REST Request

Demonstrates Rest.SendReqFormUrlEncoded, which sends an application/x-www-form-urlencoded request whose body is built from the query parameters added to the object.

Background. The staged request model separates sending from reading: a SendReq method transmits the request, ReadResponseHeader reads the status line and headers, and a ReadResp method reads the body. This gives fine control over large or streamed messages compared with the single-call full-request methods.

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<?php

use Chilkat2\Rest;

$rest = new Rest();
$bTls = true;
$bAutoReconnect = true;
try {
    $rest->Connect('example.com', 443, $bTls, $bAutoReconnect);

    // The form body is built from the query parameters added to the object.
    $rest->AddQueryParam('username', 'alice');
    $rest->AddQueryParam('action', 'login');

    // Send the application/x-www-form-urlencoded request.
    $rest->SendReqFormUrlEncoded('POST', '/api/login');
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

// After sending, read the response status line and header fields.  The return value is the HTTP
// status code, or -1 if no response was received.
$statusCode = $rest->ReadResponseHeader();
if ($statusCode < 0) {
    echo $rest->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

echo 'Response status code: ', $statusCode, "\n";

// Read the response body as text.
try {
    $responseBody = $rest->ReadRespBodyString();
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

echo $responseBody, "\n";