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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

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

//  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 CkMime();

$mime->put_ContentType('text/plain');

//  The body is provided already Base64-encoded; Chilkat stores it without re-encoding.
$base64Body = 'SGVsbG8sIHRoaXMgaXMgdGhlIGJvZHku';
$success = $mime->SetBodyFromEncoded('base64',$base64Body);
if ($success == false) {
    print $mime->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  The decoded body is the original text.
$decoded = $mime->getBodyDecoded();
if ($mime->get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
    print $mime->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $decoded . "\n";

?>