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Remove a Query Parameter from a REST Request

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Demonstrates Rest.RemoveQueryParam, which removes all query parameters whose name matches the supplied value. Name matching is case-sensitive.

Background. Removing individual parameters is useful when reusing a Rest object for requests that share most, but not all, of their query parameters.

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<?php

$success = 0;

$rest = new COM("Chilkat.Rest");

//  Connect to the REST server.  The 3rd argument enables TLS (use 1 for HTTPS on port 443),
//  and the 4th enables automatic reconnection if the connection is dropped between requests.
$bTls = 1;
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect('example.com',443,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$rest->AddQueryParam('q','chilkat');
$rest->AddQueryParam('limit','10');

//  Remove a query parameter by name.  Name matching is case-sensitive.
$rest->RemoveQueryParam('limit');

$responseText = $rest->fullRequestNoBody('GET','/api/search');
if ($rest->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $responseText . "\n";

?>