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SSL Client Example

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Demonstrates how to connect to an SSL server, send a simple message, receive a simple response, and disconnect.

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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.

$socket = new CkSocket();

$ssl = true;
$maxWaitMillisec = 20000;

// The SSL server hostname may be an IP address, a domain name,
// or "localhost".  You'll need to change this:

$sslServerHost = '123.123.88.88';
$sslServerPort = 8123;

// Connect to the SSL server:
$success = $socket->Connect($sslServerHost,$sslServerPort,$ssl,$maxWaitMillisec);
if ($success != true) {
    print $socket->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Set maximum timeouts for reading an writing (in millisec)
$socket->put_MaxReadIdleMs(20000);
$socket->put_MaxSendIdleMs(20000);

// Send a "Hello Server! -EOM-" message:
$success = $socket->SendString('Hello Server! -EOM-');
if ($success != true) {
    print $socket->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// The server (in this example) is going to send a "Hello Client! -EOM-" 
// message.  Read it:
$receivedMsg = $socket->receiveUntilMatch('-EOM-');
if ($socket->get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
    print $socket->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Close the connection with the server
// Wait a max of 20 seconds (20000 millsec)
$success = $socket->Close(20000);

print $receivedMsg . "\n";

?>