/**
* Arrays are walked through using the key as a the name. Arrays
* of Arrays are emitted as repeated fields consistent with such things
* as checkboxes.
*
* @desc Return data as a post string.
* @param mixed by reference data to be written.
* @param string [optional] name of the datum.
* @access public
*/
function &asPostString(&$theData, $theName = NULL)
{
$thePostString = '';
$thePrefix = $theName;
if (is_array($theData)) {
foreach ($theData as $theKey => $theValue) {
if ($thePrefix === NULL) {
$thePostString .= '&' . curl::asPostString($theValue, $theKey);
} else {
$thePostString .= '&' . curl::asPostString($theValue, $thePrefix . '[' . $theKey . ']');
}
}
} else {
$thePostString .= '&' . urlencode((string) $thePrefix) . '=' . urlencode($theData);
}
$xxx =& substr($thePostString, 1);
return $xxx;
}
<?php
include_once "class.curl.php";
//
// Create a new instance of the curl class and point it
// at the page to be fetched.
//
$c = new curl("http://www.csworks.com/development/dumpState.php");
//
// By default, curl doesn't follow redirections and this
// page may or may not be available via redirection.
//
$c->setopt(CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
$c->setopt(CURLOPT_POST, true);
$theFields = array('foo' => '1', 'bar' => array(2, 3, 4), 'baz' => array(array(5, 6), array(7, 8)));
$c->setopt(CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $c->asPostString($theFields));
//
// By default, the curl class expects to return data to
// the caller.
//
echo $c->exec();
//
// Check to see if there was an error and, if so, print
// the associated error message.
//
if ($theError = $c->hasError()) {
echo $theError;
}
//
// Done with the cURL, so get rid of the cURL related resources.
//
