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IMAP Read PEC Email of Aruba and Extract the Invoice XML Files

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IMAP Read PEC Email of Aruba and Extract the Invoice XML Files.

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<?php

use Chilkat2\BinData;
use Chilkat2\Crypt2;
use Chilkat2\Email;
use Chilkat2\Imap;
use Chilkat2\MessageSet;
use Chilkat2\Mime;
use Chilkat2\StringBuilder;
use Chilkat2\Xml;

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

$imap = new Imap();

// Connect using TLS.
$imap->Ssl = true;
$imap->Port = 993;
try {
    $imap->Connect('imap.example.com');

    // Authenticate
    $imap->Login('email_account_login', 'email_account_password');

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    $imap->SelectMailbox('Inbox/postacert');

    // Search for messages having "POSTA CERTIFICATA: Invio File" in the subject.
    $fetchUids = true;
    $messageSet = new MessageSet();
    $imap->QueryMbx('SUBJECT "POSTA CERTIFICATA: Invio File"', $fetchUids, $messageSet);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

if ($messageSet->Count < 1) {
    echo "No messages found.\n";
    exit;
}

// For our example, we'll process only the 1st email in the messageSet.
// Download the MIME source of the email into a StringBuilder object.
$email = new Email();
try {
    $imap->FetchEmail(false, $messageSet->GetId(0), $messageSet->HasUids, $email);

    // The email should contain an attached email.
    // The Invoice XML is contained within the attached email.
    $attachedEmail = new Email();
    $email->GetAttachedEmail(0, $attachedEmail);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

// Get the MIME of the attached email..
$sbMime = new StringBuilder();
$attachedEmail->GetMimeSb($sbMime);

// Load it into a Chilkat MIME object.
$mime = new Mime();
$mime->LoadMimeSb($sbMime);

// Examine the structure of the MIME.
echo $mime->GetStructure('text'), "\n";

// The MIME has this structure:
// multipart/mixed
//     application/octet-stream
//     application/octet-stream     <-- This is where the XML is contained.   It is within an opaque signature.
//     text/plain

// The 2nd application/octet-stream MIME header looks like this:

// ------=_Part_329673_-1348225228.1579889273592
// Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="SM99999_99aaa.xml.p7m"
// Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
// Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="SM99999_99aaa.xml.p7m"

// Let's get the binary content of the .p7m
$bdP7m = new BinData();
// Get the 2nd sub-part, at index 1 because index 0 is the 1st sub-part.

$mimeP7m = new Mime();
try {
    $mime->PartAt(1, $mimeP7m);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

if (!$mime->LastMethodSuccess) {
    echo "Failed to get 2nd sub-part. Perhaps the MIME does not have a 2nd sub-part?\n";
    exit;
}

$mimeP7m->GetBodyBd($bdP7m);

// Verify the signature, which also extracts the content contained within the opaque signature.
$crypt = new Crypt2();
try {
    $crypt->OpaqueVerifyBd($bdP7m);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

// The bdP7m now contains the Invoice XML.
// Load it into an XML object.
$xml = new Xml();
$xml->LoadBd($bdP7m, true);

echo $xml->GetXml(), "\n";

/*
 * We have XML such as the following:
 *
 * <?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>
 * <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="fatturapa_v1.2.xsl"?>
 * <p:FatturaElettronica versione="FPR12" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"
 *     xmlns:p="http://ivaservizi.agenziaentrate.gov.it/docs/xsd/fatture/v1.2"
 *     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
 *     <FatturaElettronicaHeader>
 *     ...
 *     </FatturaElettronicaHeader>
 *     <FatturaElettronicaBody>
 *     ...
 *     </FatturaElettronicaBody>
 * </p:FatturaElettronica>
 */

// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML:
// Generate Parsing Code from XML

echo "success.\n";