PHP

Save an Email to a Chilkat XML File

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SaveXml method, which converts the email object to Chilkat's XML representation and saves it to a file. It can later be reloaded with LoadXml. This example builds a message and saves it as XML.

Background: This XML format is an alternative to the standard .eml (MIME) format for persisting an email. Note that .eml also preserves Chilkat's CKX- metadata headers (which are always removed before an email is sent), so it captures the same information. Because .eml is universal and interoperable, Chilkat recommends using SaveEml / LoadEml over the XML format — even within Chilkat-based software.

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<?php

use Chilkat2\Email;

// Demonstrates the SaveXml method, which converts the email object to Chilkat's XML
// representation and saves it to a file.  It can later be reloaded with LoadXml.

$email = new Email();
$email->Subject = 'Save as XML';
$email->From = 'alice@example.com';
$email->AddTo('Bob', 'bob@example.com');
$email->Body = 'Hello!';

// Save the email to a Chilkat XML file.
try {
    $email->SaveXml('qa_output/email.xml');
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

echo "Saved to email.xml.\n";

// Note: The path "qa_output/..." is a relative local filesystem path,
// relative to the current working directory of the running application.