(PHP Extension) REST Download Binary File to Memory

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Download a binary file to a Chilkat BinData object.

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

<?php

include("chilkat_9_5_0.php");

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

$rest = new CkRest();

// We're going to download a sample MS-Word doc file.
// The URLs of our MS-Word sample documents are:

// https://www.chilkatdownload.com/sample_data/sample.doc
// https://www.chilkatdownload.com/sample_data/sample.docx

$pathPartOfUrl = '/sample_data/sample.doc';
$domain = 'chilkatdownload.com';

$bTls = true;
$port = 443;
$bAutoReconnect = true;
$success = $rest->Connect($domain,$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success != true) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$bd = new CkBinData();
$success = $rest->FullRequestNoBodyBd('GET',$pathPartOfUrl,$bd);
if ($success != true) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// A 200 response is expected for actual success.
// If we don't get a 200 response, then the response body was not actually
// the file data, but it was text containing error information.
if ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
    $sbErrorText = new CkStringBuilder();
    $sbErrorText->AppendBd($bd,'utf-8',0,0);
    print $sbErrorText->getAsString() . "\n";
    print '-- Failed.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Save to a local file.
// Change the file path based on your operating system or needs...
$success = $bd->WriteFile('c:/temp/qa_output/sample.doc');
if ($success != true) {
    print 'Failed to save to local file.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'REST Download of MS-Word File was successful.' . "\n";

?>