(PHP Extension) SharePoint -- Check Out a File (or Undo a Checkout)

In SharePoint, you can check out a file to make sure nobody can change it before you update it. After updating, you can check in the file. This example shows how to check out a SharePoint file.

Note: To undo a checkout, replace the string "checkout" with "undocheckout" in the line of code that sets the request's path.

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<?php

// The version number (9_5_0) should match version of the Chilkat extension used, omitting the micro-version number.
// For example, if using Chilkat v9.5.0.48, then include as shown here:
include("chilkat_9_5_0.php");

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

$http = new CkHttp();

// If SharePoint Windows classic authentication is used, then set the 
// Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth properties.
$http->put_Login('SHAREPOINT_USERNAME');
$http->put_Password('SHAREPOINT_PASSWORD');
$http->put_LoginDomain('SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN');
$http->put_NtlmAuth(true);

// The more common case is to use SharePoint Online authentication (via the SPOIDCRL cookie).
// If so, do not set Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth, and instead
// establish the cookie as shown at SharePoint Online Authentication

// The more common case is to use SharePoint Online authentication (via the SPOIDCRL cookie).
// If so, do not set Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth, and instead
// establish the cookie as shown at SharePoint Online Authentication

// This example will check out the file named "penguins2.jpg" 
// which is located in the "/Documents" folder.

$req = new CkHttpRequest();
$req->put_HttpVerb('POST');
// Note that our path uses GetFileByServerRelativeUrl and not GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl
// Also, if your Sharepoint site is within a site collection, the URL is formatted like this (where "teamA" is the name of the site)
// /sites/teamA/_api/web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/sites/teamA/Documents/penguins2.jpg')/checkout

// Note: To undo a checkout, replace "checkout" with "undocheckout" in the following line of code.
$req->put_Path('/_api/web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/penguins2.jpg')/checkout');

// We need to add a form digest value in the X-RequestDigest header field.
// See this example for details on
// how to get (and cache) a form digest value
$req->AddHeader('X-RequestDigest','SHAREPOINT_FORM_DIGEST');

// Send the POST using HTTPS (TLS). Port 443 is the default port for https.
$bUseTls = true;
// resp is a CkHttpResponse
$resp = $http->SynchronousRequest('SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN',443,$bUseTls,$req);
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// The response body contains XML.
$xml = new CkXml();
$xml->LoadXml($resp->bodyStr());

if ($resp->get_StatusCode() != 200) {
    print 'Response status code = ' . $resp->get_StatusCode() . "\n";
    print $xml->getXml() . "\n";
    print 'Failed' . "\n";

    exit;
}

// Show the successful XML response.
print $xml->getXml() . "\n";
print 'Success.' . "\n";

// A successful XML response looks like this:
// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
// <d:CheckOut xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices" 
// 	xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata"
// 	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" 
// 	xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml" m:null="true" />
// 
// 

?>