http_request

(PECL pecl_http >= 1.0.0)

http_request — Perform custom request

Description

string http_request ( int $method , string $url [, string $body [, array $options [, array &$info ]]] )

Performs a custom HTTP request on the supplied url.

See the full list of request options.

Parameters

method: Request method
url: URL
body: Request body
options: request options
info: Request/response information

Return Values

Returns the HTTP response(s) as string on success, or FALSE on failure.

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Dan ¶

1 year ago


You should specify the first argument (int $method) using one of the Predefined HTTP request method constants specified here:



http://www.php.net/manual/en/http.constants.php



For example:



<?php

http_request (HTTP_METH_PUT, 'www.example.com');

?>

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halfcountplus at intergate dot com ¶

3 years ago


method arg is a define, eg "POST"

You need to install pecl_http to use this.

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