(PHP ActiveX) SharePoint -- Get File Metadata (File Size, Last-Modified Date/Time, etc.)

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Demonstrates how to get a file's metdata, which includes the file size, last-modified date/time, name, server relative URL, etc.

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 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");

// If SharePoint Windows classic authentication is used, then set the 
// Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth properties.
$http->Login = 'SHAREPOINT_USERNAME';
$http->Password = 'SHAREPOINT_PASSWORD';
$http->LoginDomain = 'SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN';
$http->NtlmAuth = 1;

// The more common case is to use SharePoint Online authentication (via the SPOIDCRL cookie).
// If so, do not set Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth, and instead
// establish the cookie as shown at SharePoint Online Authentication

// Indicate that we want a JSON reply
$http->Accept = 'application/json;odata=verbose';
$http->AcceptCharset = 'utf-8';

$url = 'https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/VCAC-document.docx')';

$jsonReply = $http->quickGetStr($url);
if ($http->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Examine the file's metadata in JSON format.
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.JsonObject')
$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$json->Load($jsonReply);
$json->EmitCompact = 0;

// Make sure it was a success response, and that we really have metadata.
// If it was an error response, then the JSON is error information..
if ($http->LastStatus != 200) {
    print $json->emit() . "\n";
    print 'Failed.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $json->emit() . "\n";

print '--------' . "\n";
print 'Server relative URL: ' . $json->stringOf('d.ServerRelativeUrl') . "\n";

$fileSize = $json->IntOf('d.Length');
print 'File Size = ' . $fileSize . "\n";

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.CkDateTime')
$lastmod = new COM("Chilkat.CkDateTime");
$lastmod->SetFromTimestamp($json->stringOf('d.TimeLastModified'));

// Once we have the CkDateTime object, we can get the date/time in all sorts of formats:

// Get as a RFC822 GMT string:
$bLocalTime = 0;
print $lastmod->getAsRfc822($bLocalTime) . "\n";

// Get as an RFC822 string in the local timezone.
// (remember, the daylight savings that existed at the given time in the past is applied)
$bLocalTime = 1;
print $lastmod->getAsRfc822($bLocalTime) . "\n";

// Get as a 32-bit UNIX time (local or GMT..)
// The Unix time is number of seconds since the Epoch, 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC). 
$unixTime = $lastmod->GetAsUnixTime($bLocalTime);
print 'Unix time: ' . $unixTime . "\n";

// One can also get the as a "DtObj" object for accessing the individual
// parts of the date/time, such as month, day, year, hour, minute, etc.
// The DtObj can be obtained in the GMT or local timezone:
// dtObj is a Chilkat.DtObj
$dtObj = $lastmod->GetDtObj($bLocalTime);
if ($lastmod->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print 'This should never really happen!' . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $dtObj->Day . '-' . $dtObj->Month . '-' . $dtObj->Year . ' ' . $dtObj->Hour . ':' . $dtObj->Minute
     . ':' . $dtObj->Second . "\n";

// -------------------------------------------------
// The file's metadata look like this:

// { 
//   "d": { 
//     "__metadata": { 
//       "id": "Web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/VCAC-document.docx')",
//       "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/VCAC-document.docx')",
//       "type": "SP.File"
//     },
//     "Author": { 
//       "__deferred": { 
//         "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/VCAC-document.docx')/Author"
//       }
//     },
//     "CheckedOutByUser": { 
//       "__deferred": { 
//         "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/VCAC-document.docx')/CheckedOutByUser"
//       }
//     },
//     "ListItemAllFields": { 
//       "__deferred": { 
//         "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/VCAC-document.docx')/ListItemAllFields"
//       }
//     },
//     "LockedByUser": { 
//       "__deferred": { 
//         "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/VCAC-document.docx')/LockedByUser"
//       }
//     },
//     "ModifiedBy": { 
//       "__deferred": { 
//         "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/VCAC-document.docx')/ModifiedBy"
//       }
//     },
//     "Versions": { 
//       "__deferred": { 
//         "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/VCAC-document.docx')/Versions"
//       }
//     },
//     "CheckInComment": "",
//     "CheckOutType": 2,
//     "ContentTag": "{E2F05E75-B3EF-4826-8284-E572D3628A7D},9,10",
//     "CustomizedPageStatus": 0,
//     "ETag": "\"{E2F05E75-B3EF-4826-8284-E572D3628A7D},9\"",
//     "Exists": true,
//     "Length": "21082",
//     "Level": 2,
//     "MajorVersion": 0,
//     "MinorVersion": 3,
//     "Name": "VCAC-document.docx",
//     "ServerRelativeUrl": "/Documents/VCAC-document.docx",
//     "TimeCreated": "2016-03-04T12:38:01Z",
//     "TimeLastModified": "2017-01-16T04:44:31Z",
//     "Title": "",
//     "UIVersion": 3,
//     "UIVersionLabel": "0.3"
//   }
// }
// 

?>