(PHP Extension) Box.com Download Binary File to Memory

Retrieves the actual data of the file into a memory (not to a local file).

Chilkat PHP Downloads PHP Extension for Windows, Linux, MacOS, Alpine Linux

<?php

include("chilkat.php");
// Use "chilkat_9_5_0.php" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0

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

$http = new CkHttp();

// Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
// See Get Box OAuth2 Access Token.
$http->put_AuthToken('BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN');

$http->put_FollowRedirects(true);

// The file is specified by the file ID.
// In this case, we're downloading a file with FILE_ID = 283371752129.
// The general form of the URL for downloading is: https://api.box.com/2.0/files/FILE_ID/content
$bd = new CkBinData();
$success = $http->DownloadBd('https://api.box.com/2.0/files/283371752129/content',$bd);
if ($success != true) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Downloaded tigers.jpeg into an object holding the binary data.' . "\n";

print 'Number of bytes: ' . $bd->get_NumBytes() . "\n";

?>