PHP Extension

Box.com Download Text File to Memory

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Retrieves the actual data of a text file into a memory (not to a local file). PHP Extension

<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

$http = new CkHttp();

// Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
// See Get Box OAuth2 Access Token.
$http->put_AuthToken('BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN');

$http->put_FollowRedirects(true);

// The file is specified by the file ID.
// In this case, we're downloading a file with FILE_ID = 371828468442
// The general form of the URL for downloading is: https://api.box.com/2.0/files/FILE_ID/content
$sb = new CkStringBuilder();
$success = $http->DownloadSb('https://api.box.com/2.0/files/371828468442/content','utf-8',$sb);
if ($success != true) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Downloaded:' . "\n";
print $sb->getAsString() . "\n";

?>