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Clickatell Send SMS Text Message using HTTP GET

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Demonstrate how to send a Clickatell SMS text message using an HTTP GET request with query params.

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<?php

$success = 0;

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

$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");

// Implements the following CURL command:

// curl -G https://api.clickatell.com/http/sendmsg \
//   -d "api_id=xxxx" \
//   -d "user=yourUsername" \
//   -d "password=yourPassword" \
//   -d "from=yourFromPhoneNumber" \
//   -d "to=receiverPhoneNumber" \
//   -d "text=The text of your message"

// Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
// Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

$queryParams = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$queryParams->UpdateString('api_id','xxxx');
$queryParams->UpdateString('user','yourUsername');
$queryParams->UpdateString('password','yourPassword');
$queryParams->UpdateString('from','yourFromPhoneNumber');
$queryParams->UpdateString('to','receiverPhoneNumber');
$queryParams->UpdateString('text','The text of your message');

// If the following URL does not work, then try "https://api.clickatell.com/http/sendmsg"
$resp = new COM("Chilkat.HttpResponse");
$success = $http->HttpParams('GET','https://platform.clickatell.com/messages/http/send',$queryParams,$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $resp->StatusCode . "\n";
print $resp->BodyStr . "\n";

?>