Stream Functions
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stream_context_create

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)

stream_context_createCreates a stream 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);
?>

See Also


Stream Functions
PHP Manual