Sending binary data via HTTP POST

[defens]

Hi all. Have the following hypothetical situation.

I have a small java-app embedded in a phone with http lib. I want to send small chunks of binary data (not text!) to my php script, that has to store this data in some way.

I assume using HTTP POST on the java side, but what should this HTTP header look like and what do i use on the PHP side... The java unit has no mime coding or specific libs.

In other words: how to send binary data by HTTP and how to receive them.

Thanks for any reflections...

Martin Beek

 

[DRJ478]

You should make your Java give the transmission the MIME type application/octet-stream and that should settle the Java end. There is no further encoding necessary.
The PHP end allows you to see the RAW POST data. $GLOBALS["HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA"] contains the raw POSTed data from a request. Also available as $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA in the global scope. This var, however, is only present if the encoding type is other than application/x-

http://www.form-urlencoded.