'default', 'region' => 'us-west-2', 'version' => '2012-11-05' ]); try { $result = $client->receiveMessage([ 'AttributeNames' => ['SentTimestamp'], 'MaxNumberOfMessages' => 1, 'MessageAttributeNames' => ['All'], 'QueueUrl' => $queueUrl, // REQUIRED 'WaitTimeSeconds' => 0, ]); if (!empty($result->get('Messages'))) { var_dump($result->get('Messages')[0]); $result = $client->deleteMessage([ 'QueueUrl' => $queueUrl, // REQUIRED 'ReceiptHandle' => $result->get('Messages')[0]['ReceiptHandle'] // REQUIRED ]); } else { echo "No messages in queue. \n"; } } catch (AwsException $e) { // output error message if fails error_log($e->getMessage()); } // snippet-end:[sqs.php.recieve_message.main] // snippet-end:[sqs.php.recieve_message.complete]