PHP ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

URL Encoding Charset in POST Query Params

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Demonstrates how to control the URL encoding charset in POST query params. PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

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

//  We have the string "MÆRSK".
$nameWin1252Encoded = 'M%E6RSK';

$sb = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$success = $sb->DecodeAndAppend($nameWin1252Encoded,'url','windows-1252');

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

//  We're setting the session log filename so we can see the exact request sent.
$http->SessionLogFilename = 'qa_output/sessionLog.txt';

//  First demonstrate a simple application/x-www-form-urlencoded POST

$req = new COM("Chilkat.HttpRequest");

//  Set the Charset = "utf-8" to cause URL encoding to use utf-8.
$req->Charset = 'utf-8';

$req->AddParam('name',$sb->getAsString());

$req->HttpVerb = 'POST';
$req->ContentType = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded';

$resp = new COM("Chilkat.HttpResponse");
$success = $http->HttpReq('https://www.chilkatsoft.com/something',$req,$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  This is the request that is sent:
//  Notice that utf-8 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %C3%A6)

//  	POST /something HTTP/1.1
//  	Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
//  	Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
//  	Content-Length: 15
//  
//  	name=M%C3%A6RSK

//  ---------------------------------------------------------------
//  Switch to windows-1252

$req->Charset = 'windows-1252';
$req->HttpVerb = 'POST';
$req->ContentType = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded';

$success = $http->HttpReq('https://www.chilkatsoft.com/something',$req,$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  This is the request that is sent:
//  Notice that windows-1252 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %E6)

//  	POST /something HTTP/1.1
//  	Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
//  	Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
//  	Content-Length: 12
//  
//  	name=M%E6RSK

//  ---------------------------------------------------------------
//  Let's do the same with HttpSReq, switching back to utf-8

$req->Path = '/something';
$req->HttpVerb = 'POST';
$req->ContentType = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded';

$req->Charset = 'utf-8';
$success = $http->HttpSReq('www.chilkatsoft.com',443,1,$req,$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  This is the request that is sent:
//  Notice that utf-8 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %C3%A6)

//  	POST /something HTTP/1.1
//  	Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
//  	Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
//  	Content-Length: 15
//  
//  	name=M%C3%A6RSK

//  ---------------------------------------------------------------
//  Let's do a POST with XML body where the query params are in the HTTP request start line, 
//  and the Content-Type is text/xml where the body of the request is XML.

$req->Path = '/something';
$req->HttpVerb = 'POST';
$req->ContentType = 'text/xml';
$success = $req->LoadBodyFromString('<test>123</test>','utf-8');
$req->Charset = 'utf-8';

//  Remember... our request object still contains the query param added in the above call to AddParam.
$success = $http->HttpSReq('www.chilkatsoft.com',443,1,$req,$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  This is the request that is sent:
//  Notice that utf-8 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %C3%A6)

//  	POST /something?name=M%C3%A6RSK HTTP/1.1
//  	Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
//  	Content-Type: text/xml
//  	Content-Length: 16
//  
//  	<test>123</test>

?>