CURL context options
CURL context options — CURL context option listing
Description
CURL context options are available when the
CURL extension was compiled using the
--with-curlwrappers configure option.
Options
method
string
GET
, POST
, or
any other HTTP method supported by the remote server.
Defaults to GET
.
header
string
Additional headers to be sent during request. Values
in this option will override other values (such as
User-agent:
, Host:
,
and Authentication:
).
user_agent
string
Value to send with User-Agent: header.
By default the
user_agent
php.ini
setting is used.
content
string
Additional data to be sent after the headers. This option is not used
for GET
or HEAD
requests.
proxy
string
URI specifying address of proxy server. (e.g.
tcp://proxy.example.com:5100
).
max_redirects
int
The max number of redirects to follow. Value 1
or
less means that no redirects are followed.
Defaults to 20
.
curl_verify_ssl_host
bool
Verify the host.
Defaults to FALSE
Note:
This option is available for both the http and ftp protocol wrappers.
curl_verify_ssl_peer
bool
Require verification of SSL certificate used.
Defaults to FALSE
Note:
This option is available for both the http and ftp protocol wrappers.
Examples
Example #1 Fetch a page and send POST data
<?php$postdata = http_build_query( array( 'var1' => 'some content', 'var2' => 'doh' ));$opts = array('http' => array( 'method' => 'POST', 'header' => 'Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded', 'content' => $postdata ));$context = stream_context_create($opts);$result = file_get_contents('http://example.com/submit.php', false, $context);?>