PHP ActiveX

HTTP POST and Stream Response to File

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Demonstrates how to send an HTTP POST and stream the response body directly to a file. PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

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

$rest = new COM("Chilkat.Rest");

$url = new COM("Chilkat.Url");
// This URL will emit a response that echos the query params (name and age)
$url->ParseUrl('https://www.chilkatsoft.com/readPost.asp');

// Connect to the web server
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect($url->Host,$url->Port,$url->Ssl,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$rest->AddQueryParam('name','John');
$rest->AddQueryParam('age','33');

//  Send the HTTP POST.
$success = $rest->SendReqFormUrlEncoded('POST',$url->Path);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Read the response header.
$responseStatusCode = $rest->ReadResponseHeader();
if ($responseStatusCode < 0) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Response status code = ' . $responseStatusCode . "\n";

// We expect a 200 response status if the file data is coming.
// Otherwise, we'll get a string response body with an error message(or no response body).
if ($responseStatusCode == 200) {

    $bodyStream = new COM("Chilkat.Stream");

    // The stream's sink will be a file.
    $bodyStream->SinkFile = 'qa_output/out.txt';

    // Read the response body to the stream.  Given that we've
    // set the stream's sink to a file, it will stream directly
    // to the file.
    $success = $rest->ReadRespBodyStream($bodyStream,1);
    if ($success != 1) {
        print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
        exit;
    }

    print 'Successfully streamed the response to a file.' . "\n";

}
else {
    $errResponse = $rest->readRespBodyString();
    if ($rest->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
        print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    }
    else {
        print $errResponse . "\n";
    }

}


?>