[PHP] Re: Best way to send XML via HTTPS POST
Hello, On 07/02/2004 01:40 PM, Shaun Fanning wrote: I need to interface with a partner's XML API and they require that the XML request be sent via HTTPS POST. I also need to parse the XML response that the partner's server will send back. Is CURL the best way to handle the transfer or something like PEAR HTTP_Request? I'm looking for the approach that will be the most reliable under heavy load. Thanks for any advice. SSL (HTTPS) support is a little tricky. Some hosts may or may not provide curl or openssl PHP extensions that are necessary to support SSL. You may want to try this popular HTTP client that makes SSL requests figuring automatically whether it is possible to use curl or openssl for you. The usage of the class is the same regardless which of the libraries is available. It already comes with an example to make XML HTTP POST requests: http://www.phpclasses.org/httpclient -- Regards, Manuel Lemos PHP Classes - Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP http://www.phpclasses.org/ PHP Reviews - Reviews of PHP books and other products http://www.phpclasses.org/reviews/ Metastorage - Data object relational mapping layer generator http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage.html -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Best way to send XML via HTTPS POST
Thanks Manuel, I will take a look at it. I do have complete control over the box this is running on, so I can rebuild PHP with support for CURL and OpenSSL if necessary. My main concern is having a robust approach that is fast and efficient under a high load. On 7/2/04 5:55 PM, Manuel Lemos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, On 07/02/2004 01:40 PM, Shaun Fanning wrote: I need to interface with a partner's XML API and they require that the XML request be sent via HTTPS POST. I also need to parse the XML response that the partner's server will send back. Is CURL the best way to handle the transfer or something like PEAR HTTP_Request? I'm looking for the approach that will be the most reliable under heavy load. Thanks for any advice. SSL (HTTPS) support is a little tricky. Some hosts may or may not provide curl or openssl PHP extensions that are necessary to support SSL. You may want to try this popular HTTP client that makes SSL requests figuring automatically whether it is possible to use curl or openssl for you. The usage of the class is the same regardless which of the libraries is available. It already comes with an example to make XML HTTP POST requests: http://www.phpclasses.org/httpclient -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Best way to send XML via HTTPS POST
Hello, On 07/02/2004 07:18 PM, Shaun Fanning wrote: Thanks Manuel, I will take a look at it. I do have complete control over the box this is running on, so I can rebuild PHP with support for CURL and OpenSSL if necessary. My main concern is having a robust approach that is fast and efficient under a high load. In that case a Curl based solution is probably better because it is a library purely written in C and it takes care about low level details that would probably take more time to execute with pure PHP and socket access calls with OpenSSL. I need to interface with a partner's XML API and they require that the XML request be sent via HTTPS POST. I also need to parse the XML response that the partner's server will send back. Is CURL the best way to handle the transfer or something like PEAR HTTP_Request? I'm looking for the approach that will be the most reliable under heavy load. Thanks for any advice. SSL (HTTPS) support is a little tricky. Some hosts may or may not provide curl or openssl PHP extensions that are necessary to support SSL. You may want to try this popular HTTP client that makes SSL requests figuring automatically whether it is possible to use curl or openssl for you. The usage of the class is the same regardless which of the libraries is available. It already comes with an example to make XML HTTP POST requests: http://www.phpclasses.org/httpclient -- Regards, Manuel Lemos PHP Classes - Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP http://www.phpclasses.org/ PHP Reviews - Reviews of PHP books and other products http://www.phpclasses.org/reviews/ Metastorage - Data object relational mapping layer generator http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage.html -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
