Read a Resource from an MCP Server

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Demonstrates Mcp.ReadResource, which calls the MCP resources/read method for a resource identified by URI and places the contents into a JsonObject.

Tip: Code to parse the returned JSON can be generated with Chilkat's online tool at https://tools.chilkat.io/jsonParse.

<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

$mcp = new CkMcp();

//  Connect to a public MCP (Model Context Protocol) server over its Streamable HTTP endpoint.  The
//  Microsoft Learn MCP server is public and requires no authentication.
$success = $mcp->Connect('https://learn.microsoft.com/api/mcp');
if ($success == false) {
    print $mcp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Read a specific resource by its URI.  A resource URI is obtained from the "resources" array
//  returned by ListResources.  The resource contents are placed in the JsonObject.
$json = new CkJsonObject();
$success = $mcp->ReadResource('file:///example/resource.txt',$json);
if ($success == false) {
    print $mcp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$json->put_EmitCompact(false);
print $json->emit() . "\n";
//  JSON parsing code for this result can be generated at Chilkat's online tool:
//  https://tools.chilkat.io/jsonParse

?>