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Replace nuSOAP with cURL

I have a PHP script that syncs data with a third party service, and I would like to, if possible, replace nuSOAP with cURL as I have heard cURL is faster. The web service I am calling just takes simple HTTP post and returns it, so the cURL parameters shouldn't be too involved.

I need to pass 4 things, a user id, password, organization id, and the name of the web service to receive data from.

Which part of the cURL options do I pass them? I was trying to pass them in the header, but I am not sure if that is correct. I kept receiving 'Bad Request (Invalid Number)' error.

Edit: I am setting the HTTPHEADER but it looks like its still setting it to text/html.

Solution

  • Since, i have a thought that you have some basic understanding of cURL. I am giving you some shallow information.

    If you are just posting some information to a page make use of 

    curl_setopt($agent, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($agent, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $post_data);

    where $post_data will be the information you post to the page , something like

    $post_data="name=stanley&feedback=good";

    Or

    If you are trying to make an authentication to a page, Just use

    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);
curl_setopt(CURLOPT_USERPWD, '[username]:[password]');