PHP

QuickGetBd Example

The QuickGetBd method is called to send a GET request to download a binary target, such as PDF, zip, image file, etc. into a Chilkat BinData object. Chilkat2 PHP

<?php

use Chilkat2\BinData;
use Chilkat2\Http;
use Chilkat2\Pdf;

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$http = new Http();
$http->KeepResponseBody = true;

$bd = new BinData();

// Download the contents of a PDF file into the bd object.
try {
    $http->QuickGetBd('https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hello.pdf', $bd);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    // This will happen if the response status code was 400 or greater,
    // or if the request could not be sent, or if no response was received.
    //
    // In other words, success will only be true if bd contains the desired content at the URL (not an error response).
    $statusCode = $http->LastStatus;
    echo 'Response status: ', $statusCode, "\n";

    if ($statusCode == 0) {
        // There was an error in communications.
        echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    } else {
        // We received a response status code indicating failure.
        // Examine the response body.
        echo $http->LastResponseBody, "\n";
    }

    exit;
}

// Load the downloaded PDF into a Chilkat PDF object.
$pdf = new Pdf();
try {
    $pdf->LoadBd($bd);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

// ...

echo "Success.\n";