test1.php

<?php
/**
 * Grab some The Dead Weather albums from Freebase
 */
require(__DIR__ . '/../bootstrap.php');

$file = realpath(__DIR__) . '/test.json';

$uri = "https://www.googleapis.com/freebase/v1/mqlread?query=%7B%22type%22:%22/music/artist%22%2C%22name%22:%22The%20Dead%20Weather%22%2C%22album%22:%5B%5D%7D";

$fp = @fopen($file, 'w');

$response = \Httpful\Request::get($uri)->addOnCurlOption(CURLOPT_FILE, $fp)->get($uri)
    ->sendIt();

fclose($fp);

echo file_get_contents($file);