Re: how to extract the "body" of a HTTP_Request2 request?

On Fri, 5 Mar 2010, Alexey Borzov wrote: > Hi Robert, > > On 04.03.2010 12:48, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > given that i don't know a whole lot (read: nothing) about > > custom POST bodies, here's what i'm after. i want to put together > > a POST request with which i can upload one or more POST > > parameters, plus an arbitrary amount of content. i can't use the > > file upload feature since i may not have a filename to go with the > > data, i'm just going to be handed that content. > > > > i know i can use addPostParameter() to pass those POST > > parameters, and i can extract them at the other end by referring > > to $_POST. that part's easy. but i don't see how to extend that > > to *additionally* passing that single large chunk of content. > > > > i suspect i could just make that another POST parameter whose > > value would be a massively long stream of bytes. is there > > anything untoward about that? or is there a better (more > > approved) way of doing what i'm after? can i combine adding POST > > parameters with setting the body? > > No, you either set the body yourself via setBody() or let > HTTP_Request2 build it from stuff passed to addPostParameter() and > addUpload(). got it -- i just misunderstood what was meant by the term "body." my fault. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday ========================================================================