phpinfo() and HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA

Hi, I was just curious, is there a reason $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA isn't included in the phpinfo() function? I would imagine one could see all globals via phpinfo().. Is $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA global or is it only global if globals are registered (php.ini setting)? From what I can tell, this var is not global, regardless of the registered_globals setting in php.ini. Not an important issue, but curious what ye creators of PHP language opinion/thoughts on this is. Regards Kris Timothy Hitchens (HiTCHO) wrote:

You can post to your server with a mimetype of "text/xml" and in your script pickup the raw post as: $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA Then just process this string as XML and return to buffer or not. Have fun. Timothy Hitchens (HiTCHO) tim@hitcho.com.au HiTCHO | Open Platform Web Development Consutling - Outsourcing - Training - Support ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kristopher Yates" <kris@2binteractive.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 7:20 AM Subject: [PHP] receiving XML stream as server via PHP

Hi, Using PHP with cURL, I am currently able to dynamically create XML documents and HTTP POST to a remote server, receive an XML response, and parse XML as needed. What I am having trouble finding information on is doing the reverse. Basically, I am trying to create a PHP script that acts as a server, so that a remote computer can HTTP POST XML to said script and then I parse and respond in XML. Again, I already have the reverse working using CURL - so basically I have created a client and now I need to create the server. The only part I need help understanding is how do I get the XML into an array/variable when my script is hit with someone using HTTP POST to pass XML to it. I have an idea below (vague).. I had the server guy HTTP POST some XML to a script which just had <? phpinfo(); ?> I see in the HTTP Request Headers of the phpinfo() output that it received content type text/xml but nowhere do I see what was actually received (the actual xml that was sent). I thought maybe PHP would take the stuff after the header and push it into an array/variable but no such luck (argv?). I am wondering if anyone has any helpful information. I imagine something like the following psuedo code: if($HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE=="text/xml"){ //use some php function(s) to pass incoming xml stream to an array that I can then pass to my //xml parser } I hope this gives you enough information to figure out my dilema. If someone can shed a little light on this subject it would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks, Kris kris@2binteractive.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

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