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Send SOAP multipart/related with XML Body and Zip Attachment

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Demonstrates how to construct and send a multipart/related POST containing a SOAP XML body and a binary zip attachment.

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<?php

$success = 0;

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

// This example constructs and sends the following HTTP request.
// (The boundary strings will be different and auto-generated by Chilkat)

// Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate
// SOAPAction: invio
// Content-Type: Multipart/Related; boundary="MIME_boundary"; type="text/xml"; start="mailto:rootpart@soapui.org"
// MIME-Version: 1.0
// 
// --MIME_boundary
// Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8
// Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
// Content-ID: <rootpart@soapui.org>
//  
// <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:urn="urn:attachment.ws.it">
// <soapenv:Header/>
// <soapenv:Body>
//   <urn:inputBean>
//    <nomeFileAllegato>myfile.zip</nomeFileAllegato>
//   </urn:inputBean>
// </soapenv:Body>
// </soapenv:Envelope>
//  
// --MIME_boundary
// Content-Type: application/zip
// Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
// Content-ID: <myfile.zip>
// Content-Disposition: attachment; name="myfile.zip"; filename="myfile.zip"
// 
// ... binary zip data goes here ...
// --MIME_boundary--
// 

$rest = new COM("Chilkat.Rest");

$rest->AddHeader('Accept-Encoding','gzip,deflate');
$rest->AddHeader('SOAPAction','invio');
$rest->AddHeader('Content-Type','Multipart/Related; boundary=\'MIME_boundary\'; type=\'text/xml\'; start=\'mailto:rootpart@soapui.org\'');
$rest->AddHeader('MIME-Version','1.0');

// Build the SOAP XML:
// Use this online tool to generate the code from sample XML: 
// Generate Code to Create XML

$xml = new COM("Chilkat.Xml");
$xml->Tag = 'soapenv:Envelope';
$xml->AddAttribute('xmlns:soapenv','http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/');
$xml->AddAttribute('xmlns:urn','urn:attachment.ws.it');
$xml->UpdateChildContent('soapenv:Header','');
$xml->UpdateChildContent('soapenv:Body|urn:inputBean|nomeFileAllegato','myfile.zip');

// Build the SOAP XML sub-part
$rest->PartSelector = '1';
$rest->AddHeader('Content-Type','text/xml; charset=UTF-8');
$rest->AddHeader('Content-Transfer-Encoding','8bit');
$rest->AddHeader('Content-ID','<rootpart@soapui.org>');
$success = $rest->SetMultipartBodyString($xml->getXml());

// Build the sub-part containing the .zip
$rest->PartSelector = '2';
$rest->AddHeader('Content-Type','application/zip');
$rest->AddHeader('Content-Transfer-Encoding','binary');
$rest->AddHeader('Content-ID','<myfile.zip>');
$rest->AddHeader('Content-Disposition','attachment; name=\'myfile.zip\'; filename=\'myfile.zip\'');

// Add a zip file to the 2nd sub-part body.
// This example will load the .zip file into memory, but it is also possible to stream directly from the file as the request is sent
// by calling SetMultipartBodyStream.
$bd = new COM("Chilkat.BinData");
$success = $bd->LoadFile('qa_data/zips/helloWorld.zip');
$success = $rest->SetMultipartBodyBd($bd);

// To be safe, always revert the PartSelector back to 0..
$rest->PartSelector = '0';

// Send the request by connecting to the web server and then sending..
// Connect using TLS.
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect('www.chilkatsoft.com',443,1,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// In this example, we're setting DebugMode.
// When debug mode is turned on, no request is actually sent.
// Instead, the request that would be sent is recorded to memory
// and we can retrieve it afterwards..
$rest->DebugMode = 1;

$responseStr = $rest->fullRequestMultipart('POST','/someTargetPath');
if ($rest->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Retrieve the request that would've been sent and save it to a file.
// We can then examine the file to see if the request was structured as we desired.
// (Note: The zip bytes will be binary data and will appear as garbled garbage in a text editor..)
$bdRequest = new COM("Chilkat.BinData");
$rest->GetLastDebugRequest($bdRequest);
$success = $bdRequest->WriteFile('qa_output/multipartRelatedRequest.bin');

print 'OK, examine the output file..' . "\n";

?>