php code for powerpoint2pdf in convertapi not working - php

Question

I use the following to convert a doc file to pdf in PHP:
function CallToApi($fileToConvert, $pathToSaveOutputFile, $apiKey, &$message,$unique_filename)
{
try
{
$fileName = $unique_filename.".pdf";
$postdata = array('OutputFileName' => $fileName, 'ApiKey' => $apiKey, 'file'=>"#".$fileToConvert);
$ch = curl_init("http://do.convertapi.com/word2pdf");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postdata);
$result = curl_exec($ch);
$headers = curl_getinfo($ch);
$header=ParseHeader(substr($result,0,$headers["header_size"]));
$body=substr($result, $headers["header_size"]);
curl_close($ch);
if ( 0 < $headers['http_code'] && $headers['http_code'] < 400 )
{
// Check for Result = true
if (in_array('Result',array_keys($header)) ? !$header['Result']=="True" : true)
{
$message = "Something went wrong with request, did not reach ConvertApi service.<br />";
return false;
}
// Check content type
if ($headers['content_type']<>"application/pdf")
{
$message = "Exception Message : returned content is not PDF file.<br />";
return false;
}
$fp = fopen($pathToSaveOutputFile.$fileName, "wbx");
fwrite($fp, $body);
$message = "The conversion was successful! The word file $fileToConvert converted to PDF and saved at $pathToSaveOutputFile$fileName";
return true;
}
else
{
$message = "Exception Message : ".$result .".<br />Status Code :".$headers['http_code'].".<br />";
return false;
}
}
catch (Exception $e)
{
$message = "Exception Message :".$e.Message."</br>";
return false;
}
}
I now want to use the same to convert a ppt to pdf. For which I change
$ch = curl_init("http://do.convertapi.com/word2pdf");
to
$ch = curl_init("http://do.convertapi.com/PowerPoint2Pdf");
but I am not sure why it isnt converting the given input. Is there something that I may be missing?

Answer 1

It's due to PHP 5.6.
You need to add this line to your code as well
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SAFE_UPLOAD, false);
See:Backward incompatible changes (at the bottom).