This sample is part of the SDK for PHP Developer Guide topic at * * */ // snippet-start:[lightsail.php.get_instance_state.complete] // snippet-start:[lightsail.php.get_instance_state.import] require 'vendor/autoload.php'; use Aws\Exception\AwsException; // snippet-end:[lightsail.php.get_instance_state.import] /** * Get the state of a single Amazon Lightsail Instance. * * This code expects that you have AWS credentials set up per: * https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-php/v3/developer-guide/guide_credentials.html */ //Create a Lightsail Client // snippet-start:[lightsail.php.get_instance_state.main] $client = new Aws\Lightsail\LightsailClient([ 'profile' => 'default', 'version' => '2016-11-28', 'region' => 'us-east-2' ]); $instanceName = 'AWS_SDK_PHP-Amazon_Linux'; try { $result = $client->getInstanceState([ 'instanceName' => $instanceName, ]); print("Status Code: " . $result['@metadata']['statusCode'] . ", " . $instanceName . " is " . $result['state']['name'] . ".\n"); var_dump($result); } catch (AwsException $e) { // output error message if fails echo $e->getMessage() . "\n"; } // snippet-end:[lightsail.php.get_instance_state.main] // snippet-end:[lightsail.php.get_instance_state.complete] // snippet-sourceauthor:[jschwarzwalder (AWS)]