The problem in the SOAPAtion line was the second : (the one after http).
It seems to be working now (after setting up the server to use libcurl)
however I will check into the quoted string spec. Thanks..

Bob

User John Chelgren says:
>
>
> I question if this is the real problem. The ":" was ok for "Accept:" and for
> "Content-Type:" so why is this the cause of a problem for "SOAPAction:".
> When I research the SOAPAction header field spec, it indicates that the URI
> should be a quoted string. Try reworking to get 'SOAPAction:
> "http://www.foo.com/GetKey" '.
>
>
> > I'm using curl 7.15.5 with php 4.4.4 and apache on debian linux.
> > I need to do a post with a header line that contains a : (see the
> > SOAPAction line).
> > When I try to create it the : acts as a delimiter and chops off
> > everything after it (I can see this with tcpdump).
> > I can't seem to find a way around this. Is there one?
> >
> > $headers = array(
> > "Accept: */*",
> > "Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8",
> > "SOAPAction: http://www.foo.com/GetKey",
> > "Connection: Keep-Alive",
> > "Cache_Control: no-cache"
> > );
> > ...
> >
> > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
>
> I hope this fixes the problem.
>
> John Chelgren jchelgren_at_groot.com
>
>
>
>
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> > Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:50:38 -0500 (CDT)
> > From: Robert Brose <bob_at_jriver.com>
> > Subject: How to get a : into the http headers
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> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
> >
> > I'm using curl 7.15.5 with php 4.4.4 and apache on debian linux.
> > I need to do a post with a header line that contains a : (see the
> > SOAPAction line).
> > When I try to create it the : acts as a delimiter and chops off
> > everything after it (I can see this with tcpdump).
> > I can't seem to find a way around this. Is there one?
> >
> > $headers = array(
> > "Accept: */*",
> > "Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8",
> > "SOAPAction: http://www.foo.com/GetKey",
> > "Connection: Keep-Alive",
> > "Cache_Control: no-cache"
> > );
> > ...
> >
> > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
> > ...
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:51:52 +0200 (CEST)
> > From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se>
> > Subject: Re: How to get a : into the http headers
> > To: curl with PHP <curl-and-php_at_cool.haxx.se>
> > Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.1.10.0808262250240.6487_at_yvahk3.pbagnpgbe.fr>
> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
> >
> > On Tue, 26 Aug 2008, Robert Brose wrote:
> >
> >> I'm using curl 7.15.5 with php 4.4.4 and apache on debian linux. I need
> >> to
> >> do a post with a header line that contains a : (see the SOAPAction line).
> >> When I try to create it the : acts as a delimiter and chops off
> >> everything
> >> after it (I can see this with tcpdump). I can't seem to find a way around
> >> this. Is there one?
> >
> > I can't see anything in libcurl that would cut this off. Can the PHP/CURL
> > module be to blame for this?
> >
> > libcurl 7.15.5 is very old and so seems php 4.4.4. Perhaps it works if you
> > try
> > more modern versions?
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