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Outlook Send HTML Email

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This example sends an HTML email. Other examples exist for:
  • Sending plain-text email.
  • Sending HTML email with embedded images.
  • Sending email with attachments.
  • Sending HTML email with embedded images and attachments.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

$http = new CkHttp();

// Use your previously obtained access token here:
// See the following examples for getting an access token:
//    Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
//    Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).
//    Refresh Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
//    Refresh Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).

$http->put_AuthToken('MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN');

// To send mail, we'll POST to the following endpoint:
// 
// POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/sendMail
// 
// (The special keyword "me" may be used in place of a principal name.)
// 

// This example will send HTML email containing the following HTML body:

// 	<html>
// 	<head>
// 	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
// 	<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
// 	</head>
// 	<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
// 	<font face="Calibri">This is a test <b>HTML email</b>.<br>
// 	</font>
// 	</body>
// 	</html>

// Build the HTML body...
$bCrlf = true;
$sbHtmlBody = new CkStringBuilder();
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('<html>',$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('<head>',$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('<meta http-equiv=\'Content-Type\' content=\'text/html; charset=utf-8\'>',$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('<meta content=\'text/html; charset=utf-8\'>',$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('</head>',$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('<body bgcolor=\'#FFFFFF\'>',$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('<font face=\'Calibri\'>This is a test <b>HTML email</b>.<br>',$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('</font>',$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('</body>',$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine('</html>',$bCrlf);

// The body of the POST request contains JSON that specifies the email subject, body,
// recipients, etc.  This example will build the following JSON HTML email:
// 

// 	{
// 	  "message": {
// 	    "subject": "Sample HTML Email",
// 	    "body": {
// 	      "contentType": "html",
// 	      "content": "The HTML body goes here..."
// 	    },
// 	    "toRecipients": [
// 	      {
// 	        "emailAddress": {
// 		  "name": "Chilkat Software",
// 	          "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
// 	        }
// 	      },
// 	      {
// 	        "emailAddress": {
// 	          "address": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
// 	        }
// 	      }
// 	    ],
// 	    "ccRecipients": [
// 	      {
// 	        "emailAddress": {
// 		  "name": "Chilkat Blog",
// 		  "address": "admin@cknotes.com"
// 	        }
// 	      }
// 	    ]
// 	  },
// 	  "saveToSentItems": true
// 	}
// 

// Build the above JSON.
$json = new CkJsonObject();
$json->UpdateString('message.subject','Sample HTML email');
$json->UpdateString('message.body.contentType','html');
$json->UpdateString('message.body.content',$sbHtmlBody->getAsString());
$json->UpdateString('message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.name','Chilkat Software');
$json->UpdateString('message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.address','admin@chilkat.io');
$json->UpdateString('message.toRecipients[1].emailAddress.address','chilkat.support@gmail.com');
$json->UpdateString('message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.name','Chilkat Blog');
$json->UpdateString('message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.address','admin@cknotes.com');
$json->UpdateBool('saveToSentItems',true);

// Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the HTML email)
$resp = new CkHttpResponse();
$success = $http->HttpJson('POST','https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail',$json,'application/json',$resp);
if ($success == false) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// The send succeeded if the response status code = 202.
// In the success case, there is no response body.  (We just get the response code to know that it succeeded.)
if ($resp->get_StatusCode() != 202) {
    $json->Load($resp->bodyStr());
    $json->put_EmitCompact(false);
    print $json->emit() . "\n";
    print 'Failed, response status code = ' . $resp->get_StatusCode() . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'Outlook HTML Mail Sent.' . "\n";
}


?>