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PHP Extension Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

HTTP POST with Binary Data in Request Body

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Do an HTTPS POST with a binary request body.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

$http = new CkHttp();

$fac = new CkFileAccess();

$reqBody = new CkByteData();
$success = $fac->ReadEntireFile('qa_data/pdf/helloWorld.pdf',$reqBody);

$resp = new CkHttpResponse();
$success = $http->HttpBinary('POST','https://example.com/something',$reqBody,'application/pdf',$resp);
if ($success == false) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$responseStatusCode = $resp->get_StatusCode();
print 'Status code: ' . $responseStatusCode . "\n";

//  For example, if the response is XML, JSON, HTML, etc.
print 'response body:' . "\n";
print $resp->bodyStr() . "\n";

?>