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S3 Find Bucket Region

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Demonstrates how to find out the region of an S3 bucket.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

$rest = new CkRest();

// Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server using the correct region (in this example, "us-west-2")
$bTls = true;
$port = 443;
$bAutoReconnect = true;
$success = $rest->Connect('s3.amazonaws.com',$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);

// Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
$authAws = new CkAuthAws();
$authAws->put_AccessKey('AWS_ACCESS_KEY');
$authAws->put_SecretKey('AWS_SECRET_KEY');
$authAws->put_ServiceName('s3');
$success = $rest->SetAuthAws($authAws);

// The bucket name we want to know about is set in the HOST header.
// In this example, we want to find the region for the "chilkat.qa" bucket.
$rest->put_Host('chilkat.qa.s3.amazonaws.com');

// Send the GET request to query the bucket location.
$strResult = $rest->fullRequestNoBody('GET','/?location');
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$responseStatusCode = $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode();
print 'Response status code = ' . $responseStatusCode . "\n";
if ($responseStatusCode != 200) {
    print $rest->responseHeader() . "\n";
    print $strResult . "\n";
    print 'Failed.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $strResult . "\n";

// The result contains XML like this:
// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
// <LocationConstraint xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/">us-west-2</LocationConstraint>

// Get the "us-west-2" from the XML
$xml = new CkXml();
$success = $xml->LoadXml($strResult);
print 'region = ' . $xml->content() . "\n";

?>