PHP HTTP Class 2

Antonio — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:21:18 +0000

Revisiting the topic of my previous post, I’ve played around some more with this PHP HTTP Class. This morning, I’ve figured out how to send files over HTTP (actually HTTPS, but it works the same way). If you’ve looked through the author’s test scripts, you see that for file uploads, the provided example is:

$arguments["PostFiles"] = array(
	"userfile" => array(
		"Data" => "This is just a plain text attachment file.",
		"Name" => "attachment.txt",
		"Content-Type" => "automatic/name",
	),
	"anotherfile" => array(
		"FileName" => "test_http_post.php",
		"Content-Type" => "automatic/name",
	)
);

So it’s actually pretty easy to send files. This class provides two methods, as we’ve seen in the example.

userfile: The first example sends raw data and provides a filename
anotherfile: The second example sends the file specified in FileName

Happy uploading!

PHP HTTP Class

Antonio — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:18:25 +0000

I’ve found a great PHP script that can essentially turn a web server into a virtual browser. The script is small and lightweight compared to existing solutions (just 62KB) and it isn’t dependent on anything else. I needed it for sending/receiving data through POST (because GET is easy), and more importantly, doing it over SSL. I still need to figure out how to upload files through this, but I don’t think it should be too big of an issue. I’m sure it’s just a matter of encoding.

The script was found at PHP Classes, a resource I regularly tap into. You’ll discover that PHP Classes requires registration, but it’s free and you can disable any email notifications. Also, don’t be turned off by the website’s aesthetics, they were apparently going for “functional”. Hey, it worked for Craigslist.

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PHP HTTP Class 2

PHP HTTP Class