PHP Extension

Example: Http.HttpFile method

Shows how to use the HttpFile method to send an HTTP POST request with the contents of a file as the request body. The example sends the following request:

POST /api/v1/sites/123/deploys HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Accept: */*
Accept-Encoding: gzip
Content-Type: application/zip
Content-Length: 123456

[binary data bytes of data.zip]

Also see: Chilkat Http Default and Auto-Filled Headers

PHP Extension

<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

$http = new CkHttp();

$localFilePath = 'C:/example/zips/data.zip';
$url = 'https://example.com/api/v1/sites/123/deploys';

// Send a POST with the contents of the file in the binary HTTP request body.
$resp = new CkHttpResponse();
$success = $http->HttpFile('POST',$url,$localFilePath,'application/zip',$resp);
if ($success == false) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Response Status Code: ' . $resp->get_StatusCode() . "\n";
print 'Response body:' . "\n";
print $resp->bodyStr() . "\n";

?>