Xml Http Post

[lcp2000]

Hi guys,

I'm completely new to both PHP and XML and was wondering if
someone could help me to post an XML file via HTTP?

I will be posting to an outside server that would in turn respond
with codes like: 1 for OK, 2 for PENDING and 3 for DENIED.

The file contents are as follows:

file: request.xml

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<request version="1.0" id="REQUEST-123456">
  <store id="987654321">
    <password>secret</password>
    <plan-id>7</plan-id>
  </store>
  <add-product 0001="jello">
    <password>secret</password>
    <organization>Organization</organization>
    <contact type="admin">
      <first-name>John</first-name>
      <last-name>Doe</last-name>
      <organization>Organization</organization>
      <address>
        <street>1 Beverly Hills Rd.</street>
        <city>Beverly Hills</city>
        <state>CA</state>
        <postalcode>90210</postalcode>
        <country>USA</country>
      </address>
      <voice>[phone]</voice>
      <email>[e-mail]</email>
    </contact>
  </add-product>
  <modify-product 0002="jelly beans">
    <password>secret</password>
  </modify-product>
  <delete-product 0003="couch potatoe">
    <password>secret</password>
  </delete-product>
</request> 

I have no clue on how to post this to a server. I have installed
Curl to see if it's easier to implement with. Code samples would
be appreciated. I have seen some code on forum while searching
but am unable to use them without further instruction.

Thanks
LCP

[zstudios]

Have you solved this problem, as I am now going through the same thing.

Tom

[drawmack]

How do you post it?

Are you using soap?

Is FTP a resonable solution?

[Tentious]

I think the code below would be able to help you.

<?php
$XPost = "<XMLcontent><MoreXML></MoreXML></XMLcontent>" 
$url = "https://thesitetopost.com/thesrcipt.asp"; 
$ch = curl_init();    // initialize curl handle 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,$url); // set url to post to 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1); // return into a variable 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 4); // times out after 4s 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $XPost); // add POST fields 
$result = curl_exec($ch); // run the whole process 

// you can 
echo $result; //prints the response from server

//or do if() and else() statements.

?>