Re: Send XML file with curl functions

On Apr 12, 2008, at 11:37 PM, Aaron Axelsen wrote:

I am trying to create the following command with the php curl functions: curl -F "data=@domain.xml" "http://path/to/api" The problem i'm having is that i'm creating the xml file with php - so the contents are stored in a variable. How can I send the contents of that variable via curl? I thought just assigning the xml variable to data would work - but it hasn't. Any suggestions? --Aaron Axelsen lists@frozenpc.net Great hosting, low prices. Modevia Web Services LLC -- http://www.modevia.com --PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

What I can suggest 1. save the XML to file eg xmldata.xml and use system('curl -F "data=@xmldata.xml" "http://path/to/api" '); 2. or Use PHP CURL functions fufunction postData($postFileds,$url){ $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);

		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST      ,1);
		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS    ,$postFileds);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION ,1);

		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER      ,0);  // DO NOT RETURN HTTP HEADERS
		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER  ,1);  // RETURN THE CONTENTS OF THE CALL

$data = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch); return $data; } $xmlData = 'some xml data'; $postFileds = 'data='. urlencode($xmlData); //call function postData($postFileds,"http://path/to/api"); ------- Bojan http://www.carster.us/