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S3 Find Bucket Region

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Demonstrates how to find out the region of an S3 bucket.

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<?php

$success = 0;

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

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

// Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server using the correct region (in this example, "us-west-2")
$bTls = 1;
$port = 443;
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect('s3.amazonaws.com',$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);

// Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
$authAws = new COM("Chilkat.AuthAws");
$authAws->AccessKey = 'AWS_ACCESS_KEY';
$authAws->SecretKey = 'AWS_SECRET_KEY';
$authAws->ServiceName = 's3';
$success = $rest->SetAuthAws($authAws);

// The bucket name we want to know about is set in the HOST header.
// In this example, we want to find the region for the "chilkat.qa" bucket.
$rest->Host = 'chilkat.qa.s3.amazonaws.com';

// Send the GET request to query the bucket location.
$strResult = $rest->fullRequestNoBody('GET','/?location');
if ($rest->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$responseStatusCode = $rest->ResponseStatusCode;
print 'Response status code = ' . $responseStatusCode . "\n";
if ($responseStatusCode != 200) {
    print $rest->ResponseHeader . "\n";
    print $strResult . "\n";
    print 'Failed.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $strResult . "\n";

// The result contains XML like this:
// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
// <LocationConstraint xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/">us-west-2</LocationConstraint>

// Get the "us-west-2" from the XML
$xml = new COM("Chilkat.Xml");
$success = $xml->LoadXml($strResult);
print 'region = ' . $xml->Content . "\n";

?>