Perl

Load an Email from a Chilkat XML String

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SetFromXmlText method, which loads an email from a Chilkat XML string (as produced by GetXml). On success, it replaces the entire current email. This example serializes one email to XML, then reconstructs it in a second object.

Background: This loads Chilkat's XML email representation from a string — the in-memory counterpart to LoadXml. The XML format is an alternative to standard MIME, but for most purposes the MIME form (SetFromMimeText / GetMime) is preferred: it is interoperable and also preserves Chilkat's CKX- metadata headers (which are always removed before an email is sent), so the XML format offers no metadata advantage.

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use chilkat();

$success = 0;

#  Demonstrates the SetFromXmlText method, which loads an email from a Chilkat XML string.
#  On success, it replaces the entire current email.

#  Build a source email and serialize it to Chilkat XML.
$source = chilkat::CkEmail->new();
$source->put_Subject("Source message");
$source->put_From('alice@example.com');
$source->put_Body("Hello!");
$xmlText = $source->getXml();

#  Load a new email object from the XML string.
$email = chilkat::CkEmail->new();
$success = $email->SetFromXmlText($xmlText);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $email->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Loaded subject: " . $email->subject() . "\r\n";