PHP Extension

QuickGetBd Example

The QuickGetBd method is called to send a GET request to download a binary target, such as PDF, zip, image file, etc. into a Chilkat BinData object. PHP Extension

<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

$http = new CkHttp();
$http->put_KeepResponseBody(true);

$bd = new CkBinData();

// Download the contents of a PDF file into the bd object.
$success = $http->QuickGetBd('https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hello.pdf',$bd);
if ($success == false) {
    // This will happen if the response status code was 400 or greater,
    // or if the request could not be sent, or if no response was received.
    // 
    // In other words, success will only be true if bd contains the desired content at the URL (not an error response).
    $statusCode = $http->get_LastStatus();
    print 'Response status: ' . $statusCode . "\n";

    if ($statusCode == 0) {
        // There was an error in communications.  
        print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    }
    else {
        // We received a response status code indicating failure.
        // Examine the response body.
        print $http->lastResponseBody() . "\n";
    }

    exit;
}

// Load the downloaded PDF into a Chilkat PDF object.
$pdf = new CkPdf();
$success = $pdf->LoadBd($bd);
if ($success == false) {
    print $pdf->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// ...

print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>