(PHP ActiveX) 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.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?php

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

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Http')
$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.BinData')
$bd = new COM("Chilkat.BinData");

// Download the contents of a PDF file into the bd object.
$success = $http->QuickGetBd('https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hello.pdf',$bd);
if ($success == 0) {
    // 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 1 if bd contains the desired content at the URL (not an error response).
    $statusCode = $http->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;
}

// Save the contents of bd to a file.
// Note: This is only for the sake of this example.
// It's better to call the Download method to download directly to a file.
$success = $bd->WriteFile('qa_output/hello.pdf');
if ($success == 0) {
    print 'Failed to write output file.' . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'Wrote hello.pdf' . "\n";
}


?>