(PHP ActiveX) HTTPS GET - Download HTML or any Text Content to a String

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.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?php

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

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Http')
$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";

?>