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multipart/form-data HTTP POST

Demonstrates how to construct and send a multipart/form-data HTTP POST.

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<?php

$success = 0;

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

// Sends the following multipart/form-data POST:

// POST /xyz/something HTTP/1.1
// Host: domain
// Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=------------090708030009010000030901
// Content-Length: 2220
// 
// --------------090708030009010000030901
// Content-Disposition: form-data; name="param1"
// 
// value1
// --------------090708030009010000030901
// Content-Disposition: form-data; name="param2"
// 
// value2
// --------------090708030009010000030901
// Content-Disposition: form-data; name="starfish20"; filename="starfish20.jpg"
// Content-Type: image/jpeg
// 
// JPEG DATA HERE...
// --------------090708030009010000030901
// Content-Disposition: form-data; name="helloWorld"; filename="helloWorld.pdf"
// Content-Type: application/pdf
// 
// PDF DATA HERE...
// --------------090708030009010000030901
// Content-Disposition: form-data; name="tinyA"; filename="tinyA.xml"
// Content-Type: text/xml
// 
// XML DATA HERE...
// --------------090708030009010000030901--
// 

$req = new COM("Chilkat.HttpRequest");
$req->HttpVerb = 'POST';
$req->ContentType = 'multipart/form-data';
$req->Path = '/xyz/something';

$req->AddParam('param1','value1');
$req->AddParam('param2','value2');

// Add some small files to the request. (Small so we can see what the full request looks like without too much data..)
$bd = new COM("Chilkat.BinData");
$success = $bd->LoadFile('qa_data/jpg/starfish20.jpg');
$req->AddBdForUpload('starfish20','starfish20.jpg',$bd,'image/jpeg');

$success = $bd->LoadFile('qa_data/pdf/helloWorld.pdf');
$req->AddBdForUpload('helloWorld','helloWorld.pdf',$bd,'application/pdf');

$success = $bd->LoadFile('qa_data/xml/tinyA.xml');
$req->AddBdForUpload('tinyA','tinyA.xml',$bd,'text/xml');

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

$resp = new COM("Chilkat.HttpResponse");
$success = $http->HttpSReq('example.com',443,1,$req,$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'HTTP response status: ' . $resp->StatusCode . "\n";

print 'Received:' . "\n";
print $resp->BodyStr . "\n";

?>