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MIME Header Q and B Encoding and Decoding

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Demonstrates how to Q and B encode/decode.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

$sb = new CkStringBuilder();

$sb->Append('This is a test');

print $sb->getEncoded('B','utf-8') . "\n";
// output is:
// =?utf-8?B?VGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3Q=?=

print $sb->getEncoded('Q','iso-8859-1') . "\n";
// output is:
// =?utf-8?Q?This_is_a_test?=

$sb2 = new CkStringBuilder();

$sb2->Append('=?utf-8?B?VGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3Q=?=');
$sb2->Decode('B','utf-8');
print $sb2->getAsString() . "\n";

// output is:
// This is a test

$sb2->Clear();
$sb2->Append('=?utf-8?Q?This_is_a_test?=');
$sb2->Decode('Q','utf-8');
print $sb2->getAsString() . "\n";

// output is:
// This is a test

// "B" or "Q" will decode both B and Q.
$sb2->Clear();
$sb2->Append('=?utf-8?Q?This_is_a_test?= 123 =?utf-8?B?VGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3Q=?=');
$sb2->Decode('Q','utf-8');
print $sb2->getAsString() . "\n";

// output is:
// This is a test 123 This is a test

?>