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HTTP POST JSON and Parse JSON Response

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Demonstrates how to send a JSON POST and then parse the JSON response. PHP Extension

<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

$json = new CkJsonObject();

$success = $json->LoadFile('qa_data/json/jsonBodyForHttpPost.json');
if ($success == false) {
    print $json->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$http = new CkHttp();

$resp = new CkHttpResponse();
$success = $http->HttpJson('POST','https://test.something.com/XYZ/API/v1/CreditInsuranceCalculator/CalculatePremiums',$json,'application/json',$resp);
if ($success == false) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$jsonResp = new CkJsonObject();
$jsonResp->Load($resp->bodyStr());

$jsonResp->put_EmitCompact(false);
print $jsonResp->emit() . "\n";

// The JSON response to be parsed looks like this:
// {
//   "LifeAmount": 513.85,
//   "LifeResidualAmount": 123.38,
//   "CriticalIllnessAmount": 0,
//   "CriticalIllnessResidualAmount": 0,
//   "DisabilityAmount": 881.70,
//   "PolicyFee": 0.00,
//   "PolicyFeeSecondary": 0,
//   "PolicyFeeHidden": 50.00,
//   "PolicyFeeHiddenSecondary": 0
// }

// We can get the floating point numbers as strings.  Then convert to double
// using the appropriate string-to-double conversion for your programming language.
// For example, in C++ use atof.  In C# use Convert.ToDouble.  
$lifeAmount = $jsonResp->stringOf('LifeAmount');
$lifeResidualAmount = $jsonResp->stringOf('LifeResidualAmount');

print 'LifeAmount = ' . $lifeAmount . "\n";
print 'LifeResidualAmount = ' . $lifeResidualAmount . "\n";

?>