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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

$success = 0;

//  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 COM("Chilkat.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.
$success = $email->SaveXml('qa_output/email.xml');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $email->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print '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.

?>