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Subject:	HTTP POST XML
Summary:	How to POST XML with http.php and set the headers correctly
Messages:	2
Author:	Orion Tiller
Date:	2008-08-12 22:42:08
Update:	2008-08-12 23:03:49

	1. HTTP POST XML		Reply

Orion Tiller

2008-08-12 22:42:08

I'm trying to use the following code to set the content header to text/xml and POST some XML data to a url. Is this code using http.php correctly to be able to do that? Thanks

<?php

require("http.php");

function http_post( $url, $post_values, $leadheaders ) {
$returnvalue = "";
set_time_limit(0);

$http=new http_class;

$http->timeout=0;
$http->data_timeout=0;
$http->debug=0;
$http->html_debug=0;
$http->follow_redirect=1;
$http->user_agent="Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)";

$error=$http->GetRequestArguments($url,$arguments);

$arguments["RequestMethod"]="POST";
$arguments["PostValues"]=$post_values;

$arguments["Headers"]=$leadheaders;

$error=$http->Open($arguments);
if($error) die($error);

$error=$http->SendRequest($arguments);
if($error) die($error);

$headers=array();

$error=$http->ReadReplyHeaders(&$headers);
if($error) die($error);

for(;;) {
$error=$http->ReadReplyBody($body,1000);
if ($error!="" || strlen($body)==0)
break;
$returnvalue .= $body;
}
return $returnvalue;
}

$lead = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>
<!DOCTYPE wshRequest SYSTEM \"http://wwwstage.domainname.com/DTD/wshRequest.dtd\">
<wshRequest>

<type>Order</type>

<proxyUserId>xmlGSM</proxyUserId>

<partner>

<name>DirectAgents</name>

<uniqueId>58A0AB51-CBDA-4F36-B071-257AA3171DC1</uniqueId>

<password>drePR3thew</password>

</partner>

<customer>

<firstName>Susan</firstName>

<lastName>Brown</lastName>

<email>SusanBrownTest2@yahoo.com</email>

</customer>

<serviceAddress>

<addressLine1>1234 SusanBrown Avenue</addressLine1>

<city>Chicago</city>

<state>IL</state>

<zip>60208</zip>

<firstName>Susan</firstName>

<lastName>Brown</lastName>

<phone1area>714</phone1area>

<phone1exch>999</phone1exch>

<phone1suffix>2000</phone1suffix>

</serviceAddress>

<order>

<item>

<productName>Home Warranty Lead</productName>

<property>

<name>adName</name>

<value>DAMicrosite_GSM</value>

</property>

<property>

<name>oiPropLeadPlacementBrand</name>

<value>AH</value>

</property>

<property>

<name>oiPropResponseVehicle</name>

<value>online</value>

</property>

<property>

<name>oiPropResultsEntity</name>

<value>NCD</value>

</property>

</item>

</order>

</wshRequest>";

$leadheaders = array( "Content-Type" => "text/xml", "Content-Length" => mb_strlen($lead, '8bit'));
$leadarray = array( $lead );

$body = http_post( "http://wwwstage.domainname.com/partnerInterface/wshRequest.jsp", $leadarray , $leadheaders);

echo( $body );

so when I use this code I get this response back.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<!DOCTYPE wshResponse [
<!ELEMENT wshResponse (resultCode, resultMessage, processCode, processMessage, orderNumber?, subtotal?, estimatedTax?, shipping?, totalPrice?, totalPromo?, recurringSubtotal?, verazipreply?, orderItemInfo*) >
<!ELEMENT resultCode (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT resultMessage (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT processCode (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT processMessage (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT orderNumber (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT subtotal (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT estimatedTax (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT shipping (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT totalPrice (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT totalPromo (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT recurringSubtotal (#PCDATA) >

<!ELEMENT verazipreply (customernum, verazipreturnedrows, veraziptable+) >
<!ELEMENT customernum (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT verazipreturnedrows (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT veraziptable (verazipstate, verazipstatetx, verazipzip1, verazipzip2, geocode, verazipzipext1, verazipzipext2, verazipcity, countycode, countyname, inoutcitylimits) >
<!ELEMENT verazipstate (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT verazipstatetx (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT verazipzip1 (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT verazipzip2 (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT geocode (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT verazipzipext1 (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT verazipzipext2 (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT verazipcity (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT countycode (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT countyname (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT inoutcitylimits (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT orderItemInfo (productName, trackingNumber, provider?) >

<!ELEMENT provider (brand, branchNumber, phone, city, state, zip) >
<!ELEMENT brand (abbreviation, name) >

<!ELEMENT city (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT state (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT zip (#PCDATA) >

<!ELEMENT phone (areaCode, exchange, suffix, extension?) >
<!ELEMENT areaCode (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT exchange (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT suffix (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT extension (#PCDATA) >

<!ELEMENT productName (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT trackingNumber (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT abbreviation (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT name (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT branchNumber (#PCDATA) >
]>

<wshResponse>
<resultCode>2</resultCode>
<resultMessage>The XML request is malformed.</resultMessage>
<processCode>0</processCode>
<processMessage><![CDATA[Fatal Error encountered at line: 1 of URI: null. Message: Content is not allowed in prolog.]]></processMessage>
</wshResponse>

	2. Re: HTTP POST XML		Reply

Manuel Lemos	2008-08-12 23:03:49
	I don't think that is the way the server expects the data. I think the XML request data is expected in the request body. Try using the Body parameter instead of PostValues. Take a look at the test_http_soap.php script for an example.