PHP4: Send XML over HTTPS/POST via cURL?
- by starmonkey
I wrote a class/function to send xml over https via PHP4/cURL, just wondering if this is the correct approach, or if there's a better one.
Note that PHP5 is not an option at present.
/**
* Send XML via http(s) post
*
* curl --header "Content-Type: text/xml" --data "<?xml version="1.0"?>...." http://www.foo.com/
*
*/
function sendXmlOverPost($url, $xml) {
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
// For xml, change the content-type.
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, Array("Content-Type: text/xml"));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $xml);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); // ask for results to be returned
if(CurlHelper::checkHttpsURL($url)) {
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
}
// Send to remote and return data to caller.
$result = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
return $result;
}
cheers!
