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HTTP POST with XML Body

Demonstrates sending an HTTP POST with a XML body.

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<?php

$success = 0;

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

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

// Implements the following CURL command:

// curl -X POST https://example.com/StockQuote \
//   -H "Host: www.example.org" \
//   -H "Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8" \
//   -H "SOAPAction: http://www.example.org/StockPrice" \
//   -d '<?xml version="1.0"?>
// 
// <soap:Envelope
// xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope/"
// soap:encodingStyle="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding">
// 
// <soap:Body xmlns:m="http://www.example.org/stock">
//   <m:GetStockPrice>
//     <m:StockName>IBM</m:StockName>
//   </m:GetStockPrice>
// </soap:Body>
// 
// </soap:Envelope>'

// Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
// Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

// Use this online tool to generate code from sample XML:
// Generate Code to Create XML

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Also see Chilkat's Online WSDL Code Generator
// to generate code and SOAP Request and Response XML for each operation in a WSDL.
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// The following XML is sent in the request body.

// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
// <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope/" soap:encodingStyle="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding">
//     <soap:Body xmlns:m="http://www.example.org/stock">
//         <m:GetStockPrice>
//             <m:StockName>IBM</m:StockName>
//         </m:GetStockPrice>
//     </soap:Body>
// </soap:Envelope>
// 

$xml = new COM("Chilkat.Xml");
$xml->Tag = 'soap:Envelope';
$xml->AddAttribute('xmlns:soap','http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope/');
$xml->AddAttribute('soap:encodingStyle','http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding');
$xml->UpdateAttrAt('soap:Body',1,'xmlns:m','http://www.example.org/stock');
$xml->UpdateChildContent('soap:Body|m:GetStockPrice|m:StockName','IBM');

$http->SetRequestHeader('SOAPAction','http://www.example.org/StockPrice');
$http->SetRequestHeader('Host','www.example.org');
$http->SetRequestHeader('Content-Type','application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8');

$sbRequestBody = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$xml->GetXmlSb($sbRequestBody);

$resp = new COM("Chilkat.HttpResponse");
$success = $http->HttpSb('POST','https://example.com/StockQuote',$sbRequestBody,'utf-8','application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8',$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $resp->StatusCode . "\n";
print $resp->BodyStr . "\n";

?>