(Perl) Send Bytes on a Socket Connection

Demonstrates how to send a mixture of binary (non-text) and text bytes on a socket connection.

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use chilkat();

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

$socket = chilkat::CkSocket->new();

# Connect to some host:port
$ssl = 0;
$maxWaitMillisec = 20000;
$port = 5555;
$success = $socket->Connect("test.com",$port,$ssl,$maxWaitMillisec);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $socket->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# We wish to send a 0x00 byte followed by the us-ascii string "10800"
$bd = chilkat::CkBinData->new();

$bd->AppendByte(0);
$bd->AppendString("10800","utf-8");

# Send the entire contents of bd.
$success = $socket->SendBd($bd,0,0);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $socket->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}