Xml, Http Header And Technorati Ping - Help Needed

[MisterX]

Ok, my question is simple: How exactly do I use the info from http://www.technorati.com/developers/ping/ to send a ping from my custom made blog ?

I'm working with PHP, but really have no idea where a http header or the xml part should go...

 

[Numbat]

I'm trying to look at the link you posted, but it seems like Technorati's down.

 

[Juicify]

Http headers are sent in http requests. To send a header from the server to a visitor in php do this.
header("name: content);
That technorati page didn't show up for me, but I guess that when you send a "ping", the server acts as a client instead. This function can be used for that. http://se.php.net/manual/sv/function.fsockopen.php
Watch the first example where they set 3 headers for example.

 

[Juicify]

Ok now I can see that technorati page. My code here may contain some errors but i hope you get the idea:

<?php
$fp = fsockopen("rpc.technorati.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30);
if (!$fp) {
   echo "$errstr ($errno)<br />\n";
} else {
    $out = "POST /rpc/ping HTTP/1.0\r\n";
    $out .= "User-Agent: YOUR AGENT HERE\r\n";
    $out .= "Host: rpc.technorati.com\r\n";
    $out .= "Content-Type: text/xml\r\n";
    $out .= "Content-length: [the exakt lenght (in chars) of the content that comes below i guess]\r\n\r\n"; // notice \r\n\r\n on the last header
$out .= "<?xml version="1.0"?>
<methodCall>
  <methodName>weblogUpdates.ping</methodName>
  <params>
    <param>
      <value>YOUR WEBLOG NAME HERE</value>
    </param>
    <param>
      <value>http://www.YOURWEBLOGURL.com/</value>
    </param>
  </params>
</methodCall>"

   fwrite($fp, $out);
   while (!feof($fp)) {
       echo fgets($fp, 128);
   }
   fclose($fp);
}
?>