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.
-
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 integer
-
The max number of redirects to follow. Value 1 or less means that no redirects are followed.
Defaults to 20.
- curl_verify_ssl_host boolean
-
Verify the host.
Defaults to FALSE
Note: This option is available for both the http and ftp protocol wrappers.
- curl_verify_ssl_peer boolean
-
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);
?>
