Pass XML string to a URL

[CF_error]

I need to pass a xml string to the URL. and return I will get a XML response.
I need to pass the varible in an online form and send the result in XML to a
online http xml application.
Below is a PHP sample. How can do the same in Coldfusion? CFhttp ?



$sXML = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>";
$sXML .= "<ZipCodePing><zip>" . $zip . "</zip>";
$sXML .= "<Country>" . $country . "</Country>";
$sXML .= "<affid>" . $affid. "</affid>";
$sXML .= "<password>" . $pass. "</password></ZipCodePing>";

$fp = fsockopen($url, $port, $errno, $errstr, 30);

if(!$fp) {
echo "$errstr ($errno)\n"; //tell us error
} else {
//send the server request
fputs($fp, "POST " . $path . " HTTP/1.1\r\n");
fputs($fp, "Host: " . $url . "\r\n");
fputs($fp, "Content-type: application/xml\r\n");
fputs($fp, "Content-length: " . strlen($sXML) . "\r\n");
fputs($fp, "Connection: close\r\n\r\n");
fputs($fp, $sXML);

$getit = "";
while(!feof($fp)) { // get the response
$getit = $getit . fgets($fp, 4096);
}

fclose($fp);

echo $getit; // displays the response
}
?>


Thanks in advance...

[USA Jon]

Just curious if you were able to convert your PHP to CF. I am looking at doing a similar thing.

J.