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Amazon S3 Download String from Bucket in Region

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Demonstrates how to download a text file (i.e. object) from an S3 bucket NOT in the us-east-1 region.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

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

$http = new CkHttp();

// Insert your access key here:
$http->put_AwsAccessKey('AWS_ACCESS_KEY');

// Insert your secret key here:
$http->put_AwsSecretKey('AWS_SECRET_KEY');

// This bucket is in the eu-central-1 region.
$http->put_AwsRegion('eu-central-1');

$bucketName = 'chilkateufrankfurt';

$objectName = 'fruit.xml';

$charset = 'utf-8';

$fileContents = $http->s3_DownloadString($bucketName,$objectName,$charset);

if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
    // Failed
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
}
else {
    // Success
    print $fileContents . "\n";
}


?>