PHP ActiveX

Download a Zip from a URL and OpenBd. (No .zip file is created)

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Demonstrates how to download a .zip from a URL, opens the Zip, and gets the contents of a file. No file is ever written. PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

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

$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");

$bd = new COM("Chilkat.BinData");

// This URL is valid and can be tested...
$success = $http->QuickGetBd('https://chilkatdownload.com/example_data/hamlet.zip',$bd);
if ($http->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$zip = new COM("Chilkat.Zip");

// Open the zip from the bytes contained in bd.
$success = $zip->OpenBd($bd);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $zip->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Get the entry for the file we want..
$entry = new COM("Chilkat.ZipEntry");
$success = $zip->EntryOf('hamlet.xml',$entry);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $zip->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Convert all line endings to CRLF (if needed)
$lineEndingBehavior = 2;
$xmlStr = $entry->unzipToString($lineEndingBehavior,'utf-8');
if ($entry->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $entry->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// The XML in this case is about 274K, so let's just examine the last 20 lines...
$sb = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sb->Append($xmlStr);

print $sb->lastNLines(20,1) . "\n";

?>