(PHP ActiveX) HTTPS GET URL with URL Encoded Query Params

Creates a URL with URL encoded query params, and sends an HTTPS GET to the URL.

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.

// Create a URL with URL-encoded query params.
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.StringBuilder')
$sbUrl = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbUrl->Append('https://www.example.com/something?');

// If we know a query param value does not have any special chars requiring URL encoding,
// just add it.  In this case, there is no need to URL encode "123" because "123" url encoded is still just "123".
$sbUrl->Append('abc=123&xyz=');

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.StringBuilder')
$sbValue = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbValue->Append('this is a test');

$sbUrl->Append('msg=');
$sbUrl->Append($sbValue->getEncoded('url','utf-8'));

// sbUrl contains:  https://www.example.com/something?abc=123&xyz=msg=this%20is%20a%20test
print $sbUrl->getAsString() . "\n";

// Send the GET request and get the response body, which is assumed to be text of some sort (HTML, XML, JSON, etc.)
// (Chilkat automatically decompresses gzipped responses)
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Http')
$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");
$responseBody = $http->quickGetStr($sbUrl->getAsString());
if ($http->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Response Body:' . "\n";
print $responseBody . "\n";

?>