PHP Extension

Multimodal Input: File Data

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Demonstrates sending a request that includes both text and PDF file data for the AI to analyze.

Note: At the time of writing this example, xAI, Perplexity, and DeepSeek do not have the ability to accept non-image multimodal data or URLs.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

$ai = new CkAi();

// The provider can be "openai", "google", or "claude".
// At the time of writing this example, "deepseek", "xai", and "perplexity" do not have the ability to process non-image multimodal inputs.
// Support for additional providers will be added in future versions of Chilkat.
$ai->put_Provider('claude');

// Use your provider's API key.
$ai->put_ApiKey('MY_API_KEY');

// Choose a model.
$ai->put_Model('claude-opus-4-1-20250805');

// Add both text input, and PDF file data.
$ai->InputAddText('What is in this file?');

$bd = new CkBinData();
// We're passing a relative local file path here.. (relative the the app's current working directory)
$success = $bd->LoadFile('qa_data/pdf/shakespeare.pdf');
if ($success == false) {
    print $bd->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Provide the filename in the 1st argument.  The file extension is important to indicate the type of file.
$ai->InputAddFileData('shakespeare.pdf',$bd,'');

// Ask the AI for text output.
$success = $ai->Ask('text');
if ($success == false) {
    print $ai->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Get the text response.
$sbResponse = new CkStringBuilder();
$ai->GetOutputTextSb($sbResponse);
print $sbResponse->getAsString() . "\n";

// -------------------------------------------------------------
// The response is in markdown format.
// Also see Markdown to HTML Conversion Examples.
// -------------------------------------------------------------

// Sample output:

// This PDF file contains a famous quote from William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet". The quote appears twice on the page:
// 
// "These violent delights have violent ends
// And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
// Which as they kiss consume. The sweetest honey
// Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
// And in the taste confounds the appetite.
// Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;
// Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow."
// 
// The file also includes a portrait image of William Shakespeare. This particular quote is spoken by Friar Lawrence in the play, warning about the dangers of passionate, 
// immoderate love - suggesting that love that burns too intensely tends to burn out quickly, just as fire and gunpowder consume each other when they meet.

?>