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Extract and Save PDF from SOAP XML

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Demonstrates how to extract and save PDF file that is embedded in SOAP XML (or any XML).

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

$xml = new CkXml();

$success = $xml->LoadXmlFile('qa_data/soap/soapWithPdf.xml');
if ($success != true) {
    print $xml->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// The XML we loaded looks like this:

// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
// <s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
//     <s:Body>
//         <ObtenerPDFResponse xmlns="http://xyz.org/">
//             <ObtenerPDFResult xmlns:a="http://schemas.xyz.org/something" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
//                 <a:CBB i:nil="true" />
//                 <a:CodigoConfirmacion i:nil="true" />
//                 <a:ErrorDetallado />
//                 <a:ErrorGeneral i:nil="true" />
//                 <a:FechaGenerada i:nil="true" />
//                 <a:FolioGenerado i:nil="true" />
//                 <a:OperacionExitosa>true</a:OperacionExitosa>
//                 <a:PDF>JVBERi0xLjQKJe...</a:PDF>
//                 <a:XML i:nil="true" />
//             </ObtenerPDFResult>
//         </ObtenerPDFResponse>
//     </s:Body>
// </s:Envelope>

// pdfElement is a CkXml
$pdfElement = $xml->FindChild('s:Body|ObtenerPDFResponse|ObtenerPDFResult|a:PDF');
if ($xml->get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
    print 'Did not find the PDF element at the expected location.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $pdfElement->SaveBinaryContent('qa_output/out.pdf',false,false,'');
if ($success != true) {
    print $xml->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Successfully extracted and saved the PDF.' . "\n";

?>