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Demonstrates how to send an HTTP XML request and retrieve the response.

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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();

// The XML sent in the body of the request is application
// specified -- it should contain whatever the server-side
// application is expecting..
$xmlStr = '<?xml version=\'1.0\' encoding=\'UTF-8\'?><appXml><something>123</something></appXml>';

$urlEndpoint = 'http://www.chilkatsoft.com/xmlEcho.asp';
$xmlCharset = 'utf-8';

$resp = new CkHttpResponse();
$success = $http->HttpStr('POST',$urlEndpoint,$xmlStr,$xmlCharset,'application/xml',$resp);
if ($success == false) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// The raw HTTP request sent by the above call is:

// POST /xmlEcho.asp HTTP/1.1
// Content-Type: text/xml
// Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
// Accept: */*
// Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*; q=0.7
// Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5
// Accept-Encoding: gzip
// Content-Length: 81
// 
// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><appXml><something>123</something></appXml>

// Examine the Body of the HTTP response
// This would be the XML response sent by the server.
print $resp->bodyStr() . "\n";

?>