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Base64 Encode/Decode a String

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

$bd = new CkBinData();

$s = 'A friend called me up the other day and talked about investing in a dot-com that sells lobsters. Internet lobsters. Where will this end? --Donald Trump';

$success = $bd->AppendString($s,'utf-8');

$strBase64 = $bd->getEncoded('base64');
print $strBase64 . "\n";

// To decode:
$bd2 = new CkBinData();
$bd2->AppendEncoded($strBase64,'base64');

$decoded = $bd2->getString('utf-8');
print $decoded . "\n";

?>