function stream-context-create - Create a streams context

Description

resource stream_context_create ([ array $options [, array $params ]] )

Creates and returns a stream context with any options supplied in options preset.

Parameters

options

Must be an associative array of associative arrays in the format $arr['wrapper']['option'] = $value.

Default to an empty array.

params

Must be an associative array in the format $arr['parameter'] = $value. Refer to context parameters for a listing of standard stream parameters.

Return Values

A stream context resource.

Changelog

Version	Description
5.3.0	Added the optional `params` argument.

Examples

Example #1 Using stream_context_create()

 <?php
$opts = array(
  'http'=>array(
    'method'=>"GET",
    'header'=>"Accept-language: en\r\n" .
              "Cookie: foo=bar\r\n"
  )
);

$context = stream_context_create($opts);

/* Sends an http request to www.example.com
   with additional headers shown above */
$fp = fopen('http://www.example.com', 'r', false, $context);
fpassthru($fp);
fclose($fp);
?>

stream_context_create

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