(PHP ActiveX) URL Encoding Charset in POST Query Params

Demonstrates how to control the URL encoding charset in POST query params.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?php

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

// We have the string "MÆRSK".
$nameWin1252Encoded = 'M%E6RSK';

// Note: The DecodeAndAppend method is newly added in Chilkat v9.5.0.87
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.StringBuilder')
$sb = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$success = $sb->DecodeAndAppend($nameWin1252Encoded,'url','windows-1252');

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Http')
$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");

// We're setting the session log filename so we can see the exact request sent.
$http->SessionLogFilename = 'qa_output/sessionLog.txt';

// First demonstrate a simple application/x-www-form-urlencoded POST

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.HttpRequest')
$req = new COM("Chilkat.HttpRequest");

// Set the Charset = "utf-8" to cause URL encoding to use utf-8.
$req->Charset = 'utf-8';

$req->AddParam('name',$sb->getAsString());

// resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
$resp = $http->PostUrlEncoded('https://www.chilkatsoft.com/something',$req);
if ($http->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// This is the request that is sent:
// Notice that utf-8 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %C3%A6)

// 	POST /something HTTP/1.1
// 	Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
// 	Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
// 	Content-Length: 15
// 
// 	name=M%C3%A6RSK

// ---------------------------------------------------------------
// Switch to windows-1252

$req->Charset = 'windows-1252';

// resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
$resp = $http->PostUrlEncoded('https://www.chilkatsoft.com/something',$req);
if ($http->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// This is the request that is sent:
// Notice that windows-1252 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %E6)

// 	POST /something HTTP/1.1
// 	Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
// 	Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
// 	Content-Length: 12
// 
// 	name=M%E6RSK

// ---------------------------------------------------------------
// Let's do the same with SynchronousRequest, switching back to utf-8

$req->Path = '/something';
$req->HttpVerb = 'POST';
$req->ContentType = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded';

$req->Charset = 'utf-8';

// resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
$resp = $http->SynchronousRequest('www.chilkatsoft.com',443,1,$req);
if ($http->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// This is the request that is sent:
// Notice that utf-8 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %C3%A6)

// 	POST /something HTTP/1.1
// 	Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
// 	Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
// 	Content-Length: 15
// 
// 	name=M%C3%A6RSK

// ---------------------------------------------------------------
// Let's do a PostXml where the query params are in the HTTP request start line, 
// and the Content-Type is text/xml where the body of the request is XML.

$req->Path = '/something';
$req->HttpVerb = 'POST';
$req->ContentType = 'text/xml';
$success = $req->LoadBodyFromString('<test>123</test>','utf-8');
$req->Charset = 'utf-8';

// Remember... our request object still contains the query param added in the above call to AddParam.

// resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
$resp = $http->SynchronousRequest('www.chilkatsoft.com',443,1,$req);
if ($http->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// This is the request that is sent:
// Notice that utf-8 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %C3%A6)

// 	POST /something?name=M%C3%A6RSK HTTP/1.1
// 	Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
// 	Content-Type: text/xml
// 	Content-Length: 16
// 
// 	<test>123</test>


?>