PHP Extension

HTTP Download to Stream

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Demonstrates how to stream the response body directly to a stream, which in this case is to a file stream. PHP Extension

<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

$rest = new CkRest();

// The URL we want to download is: 
// https://github.com/chilkatsoft/OAuth2-CSharp-Desktop/archive/master.zip
$url = new CkUrl();
$url->ParseUrl('https://github.com/chilkatsoft/OAuth2-CSharp-Desktop/archive/master.zip');

// Connect to the web server
$bAutoReconnect = true;
$success = $rest->Connect($url->host(),$url->get_Port(),$url->get_Ssl(),$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success != true) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $rest->SendReqNoBody('GET',$url->path());
if ($success != true) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Read the response header.
$responseStatusCode = $rest->ReadResponseHeader();
if ($responseStatusCode < 0) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Response status code = ' . $responseStatusCode . "\n";

// We expect a 200 response status if the file data is coming.
// Otherwise, we'll get a string response body with an error message(or no response body).
if ($responseStatusCode == 200) {

    $bodyStream = new CkStream();

    // The stream's sink will be a file.
    $bodyStream->put_SinkFile('qa_output/OAuth2-CSharp-Desktop/archive/master.zip');

    // Read the response body to the stream.  Given that we've
    // set the stream's sink to a file, it will stream directly
    // to the file.
    $success = $rest->ReadRespBodyStream($bodyStream,true);
    if ($success != true) {
        print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
        exit;
    }

    print 'Successfully downloaded the file.' . "\n";

}
else {
    $errResponse = $rest->readRespBodyString();
    if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    }
    else {
        print $errResponse . "\n";
    }

}


?>