PHP ActiveX

Receive Bytes as Encoded Text from a Socket

Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveBytesENC, which receives one delivery of binary data and returns it encoded as text using a named encoding.

Background. The ENC methods move raw binary data to and from printable text using a named encoding such as base64 or hex, which is convenient for logging or for handling binary data as strings.

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<?php

$success = 0;

$socket = new COM("Chilkat.Socket");

//  Connect to the server using TLS.
$bTls = 1;
$maxWaitMs = 5000;
$success = $socket->Connect('example.com',5000,$bTls,$maxWaitMs);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $socket->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Receive one delivery of binary data and return it encoded as text using the named encoding.  This
//  is convenient for logging or transporting binary data as printable text.
$encoded = $socket->receiveBytesENC('base64');
if ($socket->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $socket->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $encoded . "\n";

?>