PHP ActiveX

curl with Variable Substitution in the Request Body

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This example demonstrates using variables located in the request body with the {{variable_name}} syntax. PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

// Variables can also be used within the HTTP request body.
// Variable names are enclosed between {{ and }}

// Here is a curl command with two variables {{name}} and {{age}} located in the data.

// curl -X POST https://api.example.com/data \
//   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
//   -d '{"name":"{{name}}","age":{{age}}}'

$sbCurl = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbCurl->AppendLn('curl -X POST https://api.example.com/data \\');
$sbCurl->AppendLn('  -H \'Content-Type: application/json\' \\');
$sbCurl->AppendLn('  -d '{\'name\':\'{{name}}\',\'age\':{{age}}}'');

$curl = new COM("Chilkat.HttpCurl");

// Provide values for variables.
$curl->SetVar('name','Alice');
$curl->SetVar('age','30');

// To demonstrate how the variables are replaced, this example does not execute the curl command. 
// Instead, it generates the raw HTTP request that would be sent if the curl command were run.
$sbRawRequest = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$success = $curl->ToRawRequest($sbCurl->getAsString(),$sbRawRequest);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $curl->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $sbRawRequest->getAsString() . "\n";

// Output:

// POST /data HTTP/1.1
// Host: api.example.com
// Content-Type: application/json
// Content-Length: 25
// 
// {"name":"Alice","age":30}

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Note: Variable substitution in the request body can be turned off by 
// setting the EnableBodyVars property equal to 0

$curl->EnableBodyVars = 0;

$success = $curl->ToRawRequest($sbCurl->getAsString(),$sbRawRequest);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $curl->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $sbRawRequest->getAsString() . "\n";

// The raw request with body variable substitution disable:

// Host: api.example.com
// Content-Type: application/json
// Content-Length: 33
// 
// {"name":"{{name}}","age":{{age}}}

?>