How can I trace whether an XML request is sent to a web application in remote server [cURL]

Question

I'm working on a local Ubuntu system. Now I'm trying to send a XML request to an application in a remote server through cURL. Below is the XML :

  <?php

    $xml = <<<XML
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <Student>
      <Name>John</Name>
      <Age>5</Age>
    </Student>
$url="http://www.test.com/testapp?request=";
$xml =htmlentities($xml);
echo $xml;

  $ch = curl_init();
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLINFO_HEADER_OUT, true);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, Array("Content-Type: application/xml; charset=utf-8"));  
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $xml);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);

  $result = curl_exec($ch);
  $info = curl_getinfo($ch);
  curl_close($ch);
  return $result;  


}?>

My problem is I'm not able to connect to the web application external remote server.But, in local system the page redirects to another page .How can I trace whether my request is sent to the remote server.When I try to access the URL manually from browser, I'm able to access the web application. So what should I do to know whether the XML request is sent or not.

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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Add this line.

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, true);

Also this function is useful.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.curl-getinfo.php

$info = curl_getinfo($ch);
print_r($info);

Change this two lines

$url="http://www.test.com/testapp";
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "request=" . $xml);

For a complete example Send XML data to webservice using php curl

edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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answered Dec 30 '13 at 06:59

chanchal118

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I tried this - `if(!curl_errno($ch)) { $info = curl_getinfo($ch); echo 'Took ' . $info['total_time'] . ' seconds to send a request to ' . $info['url']; } ` – user3004356 Dec 30 '13 at 07:04
I see it displays the following statements- `Took 0 seconds to send a request to https://www.test.com/testapp?request=` – user3004356 Dec 30 '13 at 07:06

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 30 '13 at 07:31

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In general you could use netstat to trace any request you have made from your machine.

answered Dec 30 '13 at 07:31

Sony Mathew

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How can I trace whether an XML request is sent to a web application in remote server [cURL]

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