PHP Extension
REST Stream Multipart Body from File

Demonstrates how to send a multipart/form-data HTTP request, where one of the parts contains data streamed directly from a file. This is good for cases where the file to be uploaded is very large.
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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

$rest = new CkRest();

// Connect to the destination web server.
$bTls = true;
$port = 443;
$bAutoReconnect = true;
$success = $rest->Connect('www.somewebserver.com',$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);

// This example will send the following multipart/form-data request.
// The Content-Length is automatically computed and added by Chilkat.

// 	POST /some_path HTTP/1.1
// 	Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=---------------------------735323031399963166993862150
// 	Content-Length: 834
// 
// 	-----------------------------735323031399963166993862150
// 	Content-Disposition: form-data; name="text1"
// 
// 	text 123 abc
// 	-----------------------------735323031399963166993862150
// 	Content-Disposition: form-data; name="text2"
// 
// 	xyz
// 	-----------------------------735323031399963166993862150
// 	Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file1"; filename="a.txt"
// 	Content-Type: text/plain
// 
// 	Content of a.txt.
// 
// 	-----------------------------735323031399963166993862150
// 	Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file2"; filename="a.html"
// 	Content-Type: text/html
// 
// 	<!DOCTYPE html><title>Content of a.html.</title>
// 
// 	-----------------------------735323031399963166993862150
// 	Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file3"; filename="starfish.jpg"
// 	Content-Type: image/jpeg
// 
// 	binary data goes here
// 	-----------------------------735323031399963166993862150--

// Set the Content-Type for the topmost MIME part.
$rest->AddHeader('Content-Type','multipart/form-data');

// Specify each part of the request.
$rest->put_PartSelector('1');
$rest->AddHeader('Content-Disposition','form-data; name=\'text1\'');
$rest->SetMultipartBodyString('text 123 abc');

$rest->put_PartSelector('2');
$rest->AddHeader('Content-Disposition','form-data; name=\'text2\'');
$rest->SetMultipartBodyString('xyz');

$rest->put_PartSelector('3');
$rest->AddHeader('Content-Disposition','form-data; name=\'file1\'; filename=\'a.txt\'');
$rest->AddHeader('Content-Type','text/plain');
$rest->SetMultipartBodyString('Content of a.txt.');

$rest->put_PartSelector('4');
$rest->AddHeader('Content-Disposition','form-data; name=\'file2\'; filename=\'a.html\'');
$rest->AddHeader('Content-Type','text/html');
$sbHtml = new CkStringBuilder();
$sbHtml->LoadFile('qa_data/html/a.html','utf-8');
$rest->SetMultipartBodySb($sbHtml);

$rest->put_PartSelector('5');
$rest->AddHeader('Content-Disposition','form-data; name=\'file3\'; filename=\'starfish.jpg\'');
$rest->AddHeader('Content-Type','image/jpeg');

// When the request is sent, stream this part directly from the file.
// This avoids having to load the entire file into memory.
$fileStream = new CkStream();
$fileStream->put_SourceFile('qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg');
$rest->SetMultipartBodyStream($fileStream);

$responseBody = $rest->fullRequestMultipart('POST','/some_path');
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// ...
// ...

// Clear the REST object for any subsequent requests..
$rest->ClearAllHeaders();
$rest->ClearAllParts();
$rest->put_PartSelector('');

?>