gistfile1.php

<?
#PHP REST client

$url = 'http://localhost:8080/classica/api/listings/5';
$method = 'PUT';
$headers = array(
  'Accept: application/json',
  'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
);
$dataarr = array(
  'title' => 'Pirate Ship',
  'description' => 'Slightly battered pirate ship.  31ft long, great for pillaging!',
  'price' => '1337.00',
  'obo' => '0',
  'listed' => '2009-07-01 12:34:56',
  'flagged' => '0',
);
$data = '';
foreach($dataarr as $key => $value){
  $data .= "$key=$value&";
}
$data = substr($data,0,-1);

$handle = curl_init();
$fdata  = fopen('php://memory',"w+");
fwrite($fdata, $data);
rewind($fdata);

curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
# sometimes we need this for https to work
curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false);
curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);

switch($method)
{
case 'POST':
curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);

break;

case 'PUT':
curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_PUT, true);
curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_INFILE, $fdata);
curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, strlen($data));
break;

case 'DELETE':
curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'DELETE');
break;
}

$raw_response = curl_exec($handle);
$response = json_decode($raw_response, true);
$code = curl_getinfo($handle, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
echo "Status Code: $code<br />\n";
echo $raw_response;