(PHP ActiveX) Outlook Send Email using MIME Format

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This example sends an email using MIME format via the Microsoft Graph Outlook REST API.

For more information, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/user-sendmail?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http#example-4-send-a-new-message-using-mime-format

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Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?php

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

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Http')
$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");

// Use your previously obtained access token here:
// See the following examples for getting an access token:
//    Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
//    Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).
//    Refresh Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
//    Refresh Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.JsonObject')
$jsonToken = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$success = $jsonToken->LoadFile('qa_data/tokens/microsoftGraph.json');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $jsonToken->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$http->AuthToken = $jsonToken->stringOf('access_token');

// To send email, we'll POST to the following endpoint:
// 
// POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/sendMail
// 
// (The special keyword "me" may be used in place of a principal name.)
// 

// The body of the POST request will contain the MIME source of the email in base64 format.

// Create a new email object
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Email')
$email = new COM("Chilkat.Email");
$email->Subject = 'Test Outlook API to Send HTML Email with Attachments';
$email->From = 'Mary <mary@somewhere.com>';
$email->AddTo('Joe','joe@example.com');

// Add a plain-text alternative body, which will likely never be seen.
// (It is shown if the receiving email client is incapable of displaying HTML email.)
$email->AddPlainTextAlternativeBody('This is a plain-text alternative body...');

// Our HTML will include an image, so add the related image here.
$contentIdStarfish = $email->addRelatedFile('qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg');
if ($email->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $email->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// The src attribute for the image tag is set to the contentIdStarfish:
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.StringBuilder')
$sbHtml = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbHtml->Append('<html><body><p>This is an HTML email with an embedded image.</p>');
$sbHtml->Append('<p><img src=\'cid:CONTENT_ID_STARFISH\' /></p></body></html>');
$numReplacements = $sbHtml->Replace('CONTENT_ID_STARFISH',$contentIdStarfish);

$email->AddHtmlAlternativeBody($sbHtml->getAsString());

// Finally, add some attachments to the email.
// Add a file attachment.
$success = $email->AddFileAttachment2('qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf','application/pdf');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $email->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Add an attachment where the content is contained in a string.
$content = 'This is the content of the 2nd attached file.';
$email->AddStringAttachment('someText.txt',$content);

// Get the email as multi-line base64..
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.BinData')
$bdMime = new COM("Chilkat.BinData");
$email->GetMimeBd($bdMime);

// Now get it as multi-line base64
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.StringBuilder')
$sbBase64 = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$bdMime->GetEncodedSb('base64_mime',$sbBase64);

// Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the email)
// resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
$resp = $http->PTextSb('POST','https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail',$sbBase64,'utf-8','text/plain',0,0);
if ($http->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// The send succeeded if the response status code = 202.
// In the success case, there is no response body.  (We just get the response code to know that it succeeded.)
if ($resp->StatusCode != 202) {
    // For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.JsonObject')
    $json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
    $json->Load($resp->BodyStr);
    $json->EmitCompact = 0;
    print $json->emit() . "\n";
    print 'Failed, response status code = ' . $resp->StatusCode . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'Outlook Mail Sent.' . "\n";
}


?>