(PHP ActiveX) Prove Stateful Multi-Turn Conversation

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.2.0 or greater.

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<?php

$success = 0;

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

$ai = new COM("Chilkat.Ai");

// The provider can be "openai", "google", "claude", "deepseek", "xai", or "perplexity".
// Support for additional providers will be added in future versions of Chilkat.
$ai->Provider = 'google';

// Use your provider's API key.
$ai->ApiKey = 'MY_API_KEY';

// Choose a model.
$ai->Model = 'gemini-2.5-flash';

// Create a new conversation to be maintained locally in memory.
// If the conversation is the first to be created, it is also automatically selected.
$systemMsg = 'You are a helpful assistant';
$developerMsg = '';
$conversationName = 'test_conversation';
$ai->NewConvo($conversationName,$systemMsg,$developerMsg);

// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Our first request will establish a secret that we'll ask for in the 2nd request.
// Add a text input.
$ai->InputAddText('Please remember this: The word I'll ask for later is BlubberFish.  What's the word?');

// Ask the AI for text output.
$success = $ai->Ask('text');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ai->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Note: The inputs accumulated through one or more calls to Input* methods are cleared when the Ask method returns with success.

// Get the text response.
$sbResponse = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$ai->GetOutputTextSb($sbResponse);
print $sbResponse->getAsString() . "\n";
print '----' . "\n";

// Sample output:

// The word is **BlubberFish**.

// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Let's ask for the word. If this is a stateful conversation, the AI should respond correctly.
$ai->InputAddText('OK, I'm going to ask you again, what's the word?');
$success = $ai->Ask('text');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ai->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Get the text response.
$sbResponse->Clear();
$ai->GetOutputTextSb($sbResponse);
print $sbResponse->getAsString() . "\n";

// Sample output:

// The word is **BlubberFish**.

// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Look at the conversation so far...
// 
$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$ai->ExportConvo($conversationName,$json);
$json->EmitCompact = 0;
print $json->emit() . "\n";

// Note: The conversation transcript format exported and imported by Chilkat is always the OpenAI format,
// regardless of the AI provider.  (Chilkat translates the format from OpenAI to whatever is needed by the actual AI provider being used.)

// {
//   "input": [
//     {
//       "role": "system",
//       "content": [
//         {
//           "type": "input_text",
//           "text": "You are a helpful assistant"
//         }
//       ]
//     },
//     {
//       "role": "user",
//       "content": [
//         {
//           "type": "input_text",
//           "text": "Please remember this: The word I'll ask for later is BlubberFish.  What's the word?"
//         }
//       ]
//     },
//     {
//       "role": "assistant",
//       "content": [
//         {
//           "type": "output_text",
//           "text": "The word is **BlubberFish**."
//         }
//       ]
//     },
//     {
//       "role": "user",
//       "content": [
//         {
//           "type": "input_text",
//           "text": "OK, I'm going to ask you again, what's the word?"
//         }
//       ]
//     },
//     {
//       "role": "assistant",
//       "content": [
//         {
//           "type": "output_text",
//           "text": "The word is **BlubberFish**."
//         }
//       ]
//     }
//   ]
// }

// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// If we unselect the conversation, so that no conversation is selected,
// then the same query results in the AI not knowing the word.

$ai->SelectedConvo = '';

$ai->InputAddText('OK, I'm going to ask you again, what's the word?');
$success = $ai->Ask('text');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ai->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Get the text response.
$sbResponse->Clear();
$ai->GetOutputTextSb($sbResponse);
print $sbResponse->getAsString() . "\n";

// Sample output:

// I apologize, but I don't have the context of our previous interaction or what "the word" you're referring to might be.
// Could you please remind me or provide the clue again? I'm ready to help you figure it out!

?>