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Compress String Feed to Base64

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This example receives incoming text data in chunks, compresses as a stream, and accumulates the compressed data in base64.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

$sbCompressedBase64 = new CkStringBuilder();

$compress = new CkCompression();
$compress->put_Algorithm('deflate');
$compress->put_Charset('utf-8');
$compress->put_EncodingMode('base64');

$compress->put_FirstChunk(true);
$compress->put_LastChunk(false);

$bdCompressed = new CkBinData();
$sbUncompressedChunk = new CkStringBuilder();

for ($i = 0; $i <= 24; $i++) {
    if ($i == 24) {
        $compress->put_LastChunk(true);
    }

    $sbUncompressedChunk->Clear();
    $sbUncompressedChunk->AppendInt($i);
    $sbUncompressedChunk->Append(': This is a line of data to be compressed...\r\n');

    $compress->CompressSb($sbUncompressedChunk,$bdCompressed);

    $compress->put_FirstChunk(false);
}

print 'The base64 encoded compressed text:' . "\n";
print $bdCompressed->getEncoded('base64') . "\n";

// Decompress in one call:
$originalText = $compress->decompressStringENC($bdCompressed->getEncoded('base64'));
print $originalText . "\n";

?>