(PHP ActiveX) Outlook -- Create Reply Email, Update, and Send

Creates a reply email in the Drafts folder, updates the reply with information, and then sends the reply.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.

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Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?php

// This example requires 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");

// Use your previously obtained access token here:
$http->AuthToken = 'MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN';

// This example will search /Inbox for a message that will be replied to.
// First we need to get the folder ID for /Inbox.
// Then we'll search for messages based on some criteria, and reply to the 1st matching message.
// To reply, we'll create the reply message in the Drafts folder, update it with content, and the send.

// Get the folder ID for /Inbox from the folder map created by this example 
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Hashtable')
$htFolderMap = new COM("Chilkat.Hashtable");
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.StringBuilder')
$sbMap = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbMap->LoadFile('qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml','utf-8');
$htFolderMap->AddFromXmlSb($sbMap);

// Get the ID for the "/Inbox" folder:
$folderId = $htFolderMap->lookupStr('/Inbox');
if ($htFolderMap->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print 'Folder ID not found' . "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = 1;
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.JsonObject')
$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$json->EmitCompact = 0;

// Search for unread emails in this folder from support@chilkatsoft.com 
$http->SetUrlVar('folder_id',$folderId);
$http->SetUrlVar('select','id,subject');
$http->SetUrlVar('filter','(isRead eq false) and (from/emailAddress/address eq 'support@chilkatsoft.com')');

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.StringBuilder')
$sbResponse = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$success = $http->QuickGetSb('https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}',$sbResponse);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$json->LoadSb($sbResponse);
// Show the results..
print $json->emit() . "\n";

if ($json->SizeOfArray('value') == 0) {
    print 'Empty result set.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Sample results:

// {
//   "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('me')/mailFolders('AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA')/messages(id,subject)",
//   "value": [
//     {
//       "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOpwfq\"",
//       "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj1wAAAA=",
//       "subject": "This email contains a PDF attachment"
//     },
//     {
//       "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOpwfs\"",
//       "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj14AAAA=",
//       "subject": "This email has the word Amazon in the subject.."
//     }
//   ]
// }

// We'll create a reply for the 1st message in the result set.
// We'll need the message existing id.

$existingMsgId = $json->stringOf('value[0].id');

// To create a reply, send a request such as the following:

// 	POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{id}/createReply
// 	Content-type: application/json
// 	Content-length: 248
// 
// 	{
// 	  "comment": "comment-value"
// 	}

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.JsonObject')
$jsonRequestBody = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$jsonRequestBody->UpdateString('comment','This is a comment');

$http->SetUrlVar('message_id',$existingMsgId);

// Create the reply in the Drafts folder:
// resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
$resp = $http->PostJson2('https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{$message_id}/createReply','application/json',$jsonRequestBody->emit());
if ($http->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// A 201 response indicates success.
if ($resp->StatusCode == 201) {
    print 'Created reply draft.' . "\n";
    $success = 1;
}
else {
    print 'Response status code = ' . $resp->StatusCode . "\n";
    print 'Failed to create reply draft.' . "\n";
    $success = 0;
}

// Show the response in both cases..
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.JsonObject')
$jsonResponse = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$jsonResponse->EmitCompact = 0;
$jsonResponse->Load($resp->BodyStr);
print $jsonResponse->emit() . "\n";

if ($success == 0) {
    exit;
}

// ----------------------------------------------
// Get the message id of the newly created reply.
$replyMsgId = $jsonResponse->stringOf('id');

// Update the message with new text in the body..
// Send an HTTP PATCH request that looks something like this:
// Only send the message parts that are changing.

// 	PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{reply_message_id}
// 	Content-type: application/json
// 	Content-length: 248
// 
// 	{
// 	  "subject": "subject-value",
// 	  "body": {
// 	    "contentType": "html",
// 	    "content": "updated HTML goes here"
// 	  },
// 	  "inferenceClassification": "other"
// 	}

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.JsonObject')
$jsonPatch = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$jsonPatch->UpdateString('body.contentType','html');

// The reply email that Outlook created will contain the original message under a horizontal rule.
// The body.content should contain this substring:  "<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\r\n<hr "
// We're going to insert our reply after the body tag, and before the hr tag.
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.StringBuilder')
$sbHtml = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$jsonResponse->StringOfSb('body.content',$sbHtml);
// Insert the response HTML in the reply HTML body.
$numReplaced = $sbHtml->ReplaceBetween('<body bgcolor=\'#FFFFFF\'>','<hr ','\r\n','<p>This is my response.</p>');
if ($numReplaced != 1) {
    print 'Something is amiss!' . "\n";
    exit;
}

$jsonPatch->UpdateString('body.content',$sbHtml->getAsString());

// Add additional CC, BCC, or TO recipients like this:
$numToRecipients = $jsonResponse->SizeOfArray('toRecipients');
$i = 0;
// Copy existing TO recipients.
while ($i < $numToRecipients) {
    $jsonPatch->I = $i;
    $jsonResponse->I = $i;
    $jsonPatch->UpdateString('toRecipients[i].emailAddress.name',$jsonResponse->stringOf('toRecipients[i].emailAddress.name'));
    $jsonPatch->UpdateString('toRecipients[i].emailAddress.address',$jsonResponse->stringOf('toRecipients[i].emailAddress.address'));
    $i = $i + 1;
}

// Add an additional TO recipient.
$jsonPatch->I = $numToRecipients;
$jsonPatch->UpdateString('toRecipients[i].emailAddress.name','Chilkat');
$jsonPatch->UpdateString('toRecipients[i].emailAddress.address','admin@chilkat.io');

$numCcRecipients = $jsonResponse->SizeOfArray('ccRecipients');
$i = 0;
// Copy existing CC recipients.
while ($i < $numCcRecipients) {
    $jsonPatch->I = $i;
    $jsonResponse->I = $i;
    $jsonPatch->UpdateString('ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.name',$jsonResponse->stringOf('ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.name'));
    $jsonPatch->UpdateString('ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.address',$jsonResponse->stringOf('ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.address'));
    $i = $i + 1;
}

// Add an additional CC recipient.
$jsonPatch->I = $numCcRecipients;
$jsonPatch->UpdateString('ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.name','Chilkat GMail');
$jsonPatch->UpdateString('ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.address','chilkat.support@gmail.com');

$jsonPatch->EmitCompact = 0;
print $jsonPatch->emit() . "\n";

$http->SetUrlVar('message_id',$replyMsgId);
// resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
$resp = $http->PText('PATCH','https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{$message_id}',$jsonPatch->emit(),'utf-8','application/json',0,0);
if ($http->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// A 200 response indicates success.
if ($resp->StatusCode == 200) {
    print 'Patched the reply draft.' . "\n";
    $success = 1;
}
else {
    print 'Response status code = ' . $resp->StatusCode . "\n";
    print 'Failed to patch the reply draft.' . "\n";
    $success = 0;
}

// Show the response in both cases..
$jsonResponse->Load($resp->BodyStr);
print $jsonResponse->emit() . "\n";

if ($success == 0) {
    exit;
}

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
// OK, let's send the reply email...
// To send, POST with an empty request body:
// POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{id}/send

// resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
$resp = $http->PText('POST','https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{$message_id}/send','','','',0,0);
if ($http->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// A 202 response indicates success.
if ($resp->StatusCode == 202) {
    print 'Sent the email reply.' . "\n";
    // If the status code was 202, there is no response body.
}
else {
    print 'Response status code = ' . $resp->StatusCode . "\n";
    print 'Failed to send the email reply.' . "\n";
    $jsonResponse->Load($resp->BodyStr);
    print $jsonResponse->emit() . "\n";
}

print 'Finished.' . "\n";

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
// A sample successful JSON response for the createReply looks like this:

// 	{
// 	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#message",
// 	  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.message",
// 	  "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADQAwR4\"",
// 	  "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM-lQbAAAAA=",
// 	  "createdDateTime": "2017-06-01T14:31:56Z",
// 	  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-06-01T14:31:56Z",
// 	  "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADQAwR4",
// 	  "categories": [
// 	  ],
// 	  "receivedDateTime": "2017-06-01T14:31:56Z",
// 	  "sentDateTime": "2017-06-01T14:31:56Z",
// 	  "hasAttachments": false,
// 	  "internetMessageId": "<SN1PR20MB0461AF40FC899A8462536F04E6F60@SN1PR20MB0461.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>",
// 	  "subject": "RE: This email contains a PDF attachment",
// 	  "bodyPreview": "________________________________\r\nFrom: Chilkat Software <support@chilkatsoft.com>\r\nSent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 10:58:56 PM\r\nTo: chilkatsoft@outlook.com\r\nSubject: This email contains a PDF attachment\r\n\r\nThis email contains a PDF attachment\r\n--\r\nBest Regar",
// 	  "importance": "normal",
// 	  "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA",
// 	  "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQAMMaWY-CWmVOqNKt-NiVhkU=",
// 	  "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": false,
// 	  "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
// 	  "isRead": true,
// 	  "isDraft": true,
// 	  "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM%2FlQbAAAAA%3D&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ReadMessageItem",
// 	  "inferenceClassification": "focused",
// 	  "body": {
// 	    "contentType": "html",
// 	    "content": "<html>\r\n<head>\r\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=us-ascii\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\r\n</head>\r\n<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\r\n<hr tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"display:inline-block; width:98%\"> ... </html>\r\n"
// 	  },
// 	  "sender": {
// 	    "emailAddress": {
// 	      "name": "Matt Smith",
// 	      "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
// 	    }
// 	  },
// 	  "from": {
// 	    "emailAddress": {
// 	      "name": "Matt Smith",
// 	      "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
// 	    }
// 	  },
// 	  "toRecipients": [
// 	    {
// 	      "emailAddress": {
// 	        "name": "Chilkat Software",
// 	        "address": "support@chilkatsoft.com"
// 	      }
// 	    }
// 	  ],
// 	  "ccRecipients": [
// 	  ],
// 	  "bccRecipients": [
// 	  ],
// 	  "replyTo": [
// 	  ]
// 	}
// 

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
// A sample successful PATCH JSON response looks like this:

// 	{
// 	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('admin%40chilkat.io')/messages/$entity",
// 	  "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADQAwSA\"",
// 	  "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM-lQbMAAAA=",
// 	  "createdDateTime": "2017-06-01T15:18:14Z",
// 	  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-06-01T15:18:17Z",
// 	  "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADQAwSA",
// 	  "categories": [
// 	  ],
// 	  "receivedDateTime": "2017-06-01T15:18:15Z",
// 	  "sentDateTime": "2017-06-01T15:18:15Z",
// 	  "hasAttachments": false,
// 	  "internetMessageId": "<SN1PR20MB046138C4A26051200764FE38E6F60@SN1PR20MB0461.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>",
// 	  "subject": "RE: This email has the word Amazon in the subject..",
// 	  "bodyPreview": "This is my response.\r\n\r\n________________________________\r\nFrom: Chilkat Software <support@chilkatsoft.com>\r\nSent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 11:40:01 PM\r\nTo: Chilkat Software\r\nSubject: This email has the word Amazon in the subject..\r\n\r\nThis email has the word ",
// 	  "importance": "normal",
// 	  "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA",
// 	  "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQAE64PfPP1n1IhU4YasnNN0Q=",
// 	  "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": false,
// 	  "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
// 	  "isRead": true,
// 	  "isDraft": true,
// 	  "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM%2FlQbMAAAA%3D&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ReadMessageItem",
// 	  "inferenceClassification": "focused",
// 	  "body": {
// 	    "contentType": "html",
// 	    "content": "<html>\r\n<head>\r\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=us-ascii\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=us-ascii\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\r\n</head>\r\n<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\r\n<p>This is my response.</p>\r\n<hr tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"display:inline-block; width:98%\">\r\n<div id=\"divRplyFwdMsg\" dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Calibri, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" style=\"font-size:11pt\"><b>From:</b> Chilkat Software &lt;support@chilkatsoft.com&gt;<br>\r\n<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 30, 2017 11:40:01 PM<br>\r\n<b>To:</b> Chilkat Software<br>\r\n<b>Subject:</b> This email has the word Amazon in the subject..</font>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div><font face=\"Calibri\">This email has the word Amazon in the subject..</font><br>\r\n<div class=\"moz-signature\">-- <br>\r\nBest Regards,<br>\r\nMatt Smith<br>\r\nChilkat Software, Inc.<br>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/chilkatsoft\">Follow Chilkat on Twitter</a> </p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</body>\r\n</html>\r\n"
// 	  },
// 	  "sender": {
// 	    "emailAddress": {
// 	      "name": "Matt Smith",
// 	      "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
// 	    }
// 	  },
// 	  "from": {
// 	    "emailAddress": {
// 	      "name": "Matt Smith",
// 	      "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
// 	    }
// 	  },
// 	  "toRecipients": [
// 	    {
// 	      "emailAddress": {
// 	        "name": "Chilkat Software",
// 	        "address": "support@chilkatsoft.com"
// 	      }
// 	    }
// 	  ],
// 	  "ccRecipients": [
// 	  ],
// 	  "bccRecipients": [
// 	  ],
// 	  "replyTo": [
// 	  ]
// 	}

?>