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Set a MIME Body from Transfer-Encoded Text

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.SetBodyFromEncoded method, which sets the body from already transfer-encoded text. The first argument is the encoding (base64 or quoted-printable) and the second is the encoded text.

Background: Sometimes you already hold content in its encoded form — a Base64 string from a database or another API — and re-decoding just to have Chilkat re-encode it is wasteful. This method stores the encoded text as-is and records the matching transfer encoding, so the body is correct without a needless round trip. Only the standard reversible encodings, Base64 and quoted-printable, are accepted.

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<?php

use Chilkat2\Mime;

// Demonstrates the Mime.SetBodyFromEncoded method, which sets the body from already transfer-
// encoded text.  The 1st argument is the encoding ("base64" or "quoted-printable") and the 2nd is
// the encoded text.

$mime = new Mime();

$mime->ContentType = 'text/plain';

// The body is provided already Base64-encoded; Chilkat stores it without re-encoding.
$base64Body = 'SGVsbG8sIHRoaXMgaXMgdGhlIGJvZHku';
try {
    $mime->SetBodyFromEncoded('base64', $base64Body);

    // The decoded body is the original text.
    $decoded = $mime->GetBodyDecoded();
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

echo $decoded, "\n";