PHP ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Send XMLHttpRequest and Get Response

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Demonstrates how to send an HTTP XML request and retrieve the response. PHP ActiveX

<?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");

//  The XML sent in the body of the request is application
//  specified -- it should contain whatever the server-side
//  application is expecting..
$xmlStr = '<?xml version=\'1.0\' encoding=\'UTF-8\'?><appXml><something>123</something></appXml>';

$urlEndpoint = 'http://www.chilkatsoft.com/xmlEcho.asp';
$xmlCharset = 'utf-8';

$resp = new COM("Chilkat.HttpResponse");
$success = $http->HttpStr('POST',$urlEndpoint,$xmlStr,$xmlCharset,'application/xml',$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  The raw HTTP request sent by the above call is:

//  POST /xmlEcho.asp HTTP/1.1
//  Content-Type: text/xml
//  Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
//  Accept: */*
//  Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*; q=0.7
//  Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5
//  Accept-Encoding: gzip
//  Content-Length: 81
//  
//  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><appXml><something>123</something></appXml>

//  Examine the Body of the HTTP response
//  This would be the XML response sent by the server.
print $resp->BodyStr . "\n";

?>