PHP ActiveX

HTTPS GET - Download HTML or any Text Content to a String

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The QuickGetStr method is the simplest way to retrieve a text resource from a web server using an HTTP GET request. The text resource can be HTML, XML, JSON, text, or anything other type of file composed of readable text.

PHP ActiveX

<?php

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

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

// Send the HTTP GET and return the content in a string.
$str = $http->quickGetStr('https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.json');
if ($http->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $str . "\n";

$str = $http->quickGetStr('https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.txt');
print $str . "\n";

$str = $http->quickGetStr('https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.xml');
print $str . "\n";

?>