PHP Reference

Description

resource stream_context_create ( array options)

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

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

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);

?>

See also stream_context_set_option(), and Listing of supported wrappers with context options (Appendix L).