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Set a MIME Body from Binary Bytes (BinData)

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.SetBodyBd method, which sets the decoded body bytes from a BinData, changes the transfer encoding to base64, and preserves the bytes exactly. The only argument is the BinData.

Note: The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: This is the direct way to put arbitrary binary content into a part from memory — a generated image, a decrypted blob — without a temporary file. Chilkat base64-encodes it so the bytes survive text-based transports unchanged. Note it does not set a Content-Type or disposition, so assign those yourself to describe what the bytes are.

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<?php

$success = 0;

//  Demonstrates the Mime.SetBodyBd method, which sets the decoded body bytes from a BinData,
//  changes the transfer encoding to base64, and preserves the bytes exactly.  The only argument is
//  the BinData.

//  Put the binary body bytes into a BinData.
$bd = new COM("Chilkat.BinData");
$success = $bd->LoadFile('qa_data/photo.jpg');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $bd->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$mime = new COM("Chilkat.Mime");

//  Set a Content-Type for the binary content (SetBodyBd does not set one itself).
$mime->ContentType = 'image/jpeg';

$success = $mime->SetBodyBd($bd);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $mime->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Body set from ' . $bd->NumBytes . ' bytes.' . "\n";

?>