(PHP Extension) 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 PHP Downloads PHP Extension for Windows, Linux, MacOS, Alpine Linux, Solaris

<?php

// The version number (9_5_0) should match version of the Chilkat extension used, omitting the micro-version number.
// For example, if using Chilkat v9.5.0.48, then include as shown here:
include("chilkat_9_5_0.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.
$sbUrl = new CkStringBuilder();
$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=');

$sbValue = new CkStringBuilder();
$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)
$http = new CkHttp();
$responseBody = $http->quickGetStr($sbUrl->getAsString());
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

?>