PHP Extension

Download a Zip from a URL and OpenBd. (No .zip file is created)

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Demonstrates how to download a .zip from a URL, opens the Zip, and gets the contents of a file. No file is ever written. PHP Extension

<?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();

$bd = new CkBinData();

// This URL is valid and can be tested...
$success = $http->QuickGetBd('https://chilkatdownload.com/example_data/hamlet.zip',$bd);
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$zip = new CkZip();

// Open the zip from the bytes contained in bd.
$success = $zip->OpenBd($bd);
if ($success == false) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Get the entry for the file we want..
$entry = new CkZipEntry();
$success = $zip->EntryOf('hamlet.xml',$entry);
if ($success == false) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Convert all line endings to CRLF (if needed)
$lineEndingBehavior = 2;
$xmlStr = $entry->unzipToString($lineEndingBehavior,'utf-8');
if ($entry->get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
    print $entry->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// The XML in this case is about 274K, so let's just examine the last 20 lines...
$sb = new CkStringBuilder();
$sb->Append($xmlStr);

print $sb->lastNLines(20,true) . "\n";

?>