PHP

POST application/x-www-form-urlencoded using REST API

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Demonstrates how to send a POST with query params (x-www-form-urlencoded) using the Chilkat REST object. Chilkat2 PHP

<?php

use Chilkat2\Rest;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$rest = new Rest();

// This example will send to https://www.chilkatsoft.com/echoPost.asp

// Make the initial connection (without sending a request yet).
$bTls = true;
$port = 443;
$bAutoReconnect = true;
try {
    $rest->Connect('www.chilkatsoft.com', $port, $bTls, $bAutoReconnect);

    // Provide query params.
    $rest->AddQueryParam('firstName', 'John');
    $rest->AddQueryParam('lastName', 'Doe');
    $rest->AddQueryParam('company', 'Bisco Bits Ltd.');

    $responseStr = $rest->FullRequestFormUrlEncoded('POST', '/echoPost.asp');
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

// When successful, the response status code will equal 200.
if ($rest->ResponseStatusCode != 200) {
    // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    echo 'response status code = ', $rest->ResponseStatusCode, "\n";
    echo 'response status text = ', $rest->ResponseStatusText, "\n";
    echo 'response header: ', $rest->ResponseHeader, "\n";
    echo 'response body (if any): ', $responseStr, "\n";
    echo "---\n";
    echo 'LastRequestStartLine: ', $rest->LastRequestStartLine, "\n";
    echo 'LastRequestHeader: ', $rest->LastRequestHeader, "\n";
    exit;
}

echo $responseStr, "\n";
echo "Success.\n";