XMLHTTP method in PHP

macrost

I am just starting to delve into php and have a simple question...
how can I send XML over HTTP? In ASP the code is simple:
...and so on....
' Get Code
Dim xmlhttp
Set xmlhttp = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")
xmlhttp.Open "POST","http://www.travelnow.com/external/xmlinterface.jsp?",false
xmlhttp.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
xmlhttp.send datatosend
...and so forth....

Is WDDX the answer for this? Or is there something else that handles this?
Mac

chickenleg

I send my XML to a server over http using the PHP CURL Library

e.g.

$ch = curl_init ("http://www.madeupurl.com/");
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 0);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST,1);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Airbyte xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://www.madeupurl.co.uk/dtds/AirByte.xsd">
<messages id="1">
<message from="Chickenleg">
<body>
<text>This is a test message</text>
</body>
<to>+447890580386</to>
</message>
</messages>
</Airbyte>');
$result = curl_exec ($ch);
curl_close ($ch);

And the server reads through the xml fine.

macrost

chickenleg,
Hmmm, I have tried the cURL and I suppose the lib isn't installed. the error I receive is:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: curl_init() in E:\WebContent\xml-test\test.php on line 2
Mac

lorax

macrost,
I had that error too and you are correct, cURL is not installed.