diff -uNr php-4.0RC1.orig/Zend/zend_globals.h php-4.0RC1/Zend/zend_globals.h
--- php-4.0RC1.orig/Zend/zend_globals.h	Fri May 12 15:28:24 2000
+++ php-4.0RC1/Zend/zend_globals.h	Fri May 12 15:35:05 2000
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@
 
 
 struct _zend_executor_globals {
+	char *proxy;
+	char *port;
+	char *post;
+
 	zval **return_value_ptr_ptr;
 
 	zval uninitialized_zval;
diff -uNr php-4.0RC1.orig/ext/standard/basic_functions.c php-4.0RC1/ext/standard/basic_functions.c
--- php-4.0RC1.orig/ext/standard/basic_functions.c	Fri May 12 15:28:21 2000
+++ php-4.0RC1/ext/standard/basic_functions.c	Fri May 12 15:41:26 2000
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@
 void test_class_call_function(INTERNAL_FUNCTION_PARAMETERS, zend_property_reference *property_reference);
 
 function_entry basic_functions[] = {
+	PHP_FE(proxy_host,								NULL)
+	PHP_FE(proxy_port,								NULL)
+	PHP_FE(post_method,								NULL)
 	PHP_FE(intval,									NULL)
 	PHP_FE(doubleval,								NULL)
 	PHP_FE(strval,									NULL)
@@ -856,6 +859,33 @@
 /*******************
  * Basic Functions *
  *******************/
+
+PHP_FUNCTION(proxy_host)
+{
+  pval **proxy;
+  if (ARG_COUNT(ht) != 1 || zend_get_parameters_ex(1, &proxy) == FAILURE)
+  {
+    WRONG_PARAM_COUNT;
+  }
+  convert_to_string_ex(proxy);
+  EG(proxy)=estrdup((*proxy)->value.str.val);
+}
+
+PHP_FUNCTION(proxy_port)
+{
+  pval **port;
+  if (ARG_COUNT(ht) != 1 || zend_get_parameters_ex(1, &port) == FAILURE)
+  {
+    WRONG_PARAM_COUNT;
+  }
+  convert_to_string_ex(port);
+  EG(port)=estrdup((*port)->value.str.val);
+}
+
+PHP_FUNCTION(post_method)
+{
+  EG(post)=estrdup("set");
+}
 
 PHP_FUNCTION(intval)
 {
diff -uNr php-4.0RC1.orig/ext/standard/basic_functions.h php-4.0RC1/ext/standard/basic_functions.h
--- php-4.0RC1.orig/ext/standard/basic_functions.h	Fri May 12 15:28:21 2000
+++ php-4.0RC1/ext/standard/basic_functions.h	Fri May 12 15:42:00 2000
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
 PHP_MINFO_FUNCTION(basic);
 PHP_GINIT_FUNCTION(basic);
 
+PHP_FUNCTION(proxy_host);
+PHP_FUNCTION(proxy_port);
+PHP_FUNCTION(post_method);
 PHP_FUNCTION(intval);
 PHP_FUNCTION(doubleval);
 PHP_FUNCTION(strval);
diff -uNr php-4.0RC1.orig/fopen-wrappers.c php-4.0RC1/fopen-wrappers.c
--- php-4.0RC1.orig/fopen-wrappers.c	Fri May 12 15:28:14 2000
+++ php-4.0RC1/fopen-wrappers.c	Fri May 12 16:21:58 2000
@@ -447,6 +447,34 @@
 	struct sockaddr_in server;
 	unsigned short portno;
 
+	char *proxy=NULL;
+	char *port=NULL;
+	char *post=NULL;
+
+	if(EG(proxy)!=NULL)
+	{
+	  proxy=estrdup(EG(proxy));
+	  EG(proxy)=NULL;
+	}
+	else if(strcmp(PG(proxy),"")!=0)
+	  proxy=estrdup(PG(proxy));
+
+	if(EG(port)!=NULL)
+	{
+	  port=estrdup(EG(port));
+	  EG(port)=NULL;
+	}
+	else if(strcmp(PG(port),"")!=0)
+	  port=estrdup(PG(port));
+
+	if(EG(post)!=NULL)
+	{
+	  post=estrdup(EG(post));
+	  EG(post)=NULL;
+	}
+	else if(strcmp(PG(post),"")!=0)
+	  post=estrdup(PG(post));
+
 	if (!strncasecmp(path, "http://", 7)) {
 		resource = url_parse((char *) path);
 		if (resource == NULL) {
@@ -467,13 +495,37 @@
 		}
 		server.sin_family = AF_INET;
 
-		if (lookup_hostname(resource->host, &server.sin_addr)) {
+		if(proxy!=NULL)
+		{
+		  if (lookup_hostname(proxy, &server.sin_addr))
+		  {
+				SOCK_FCLOSE(*socketd);
+				*socketd = 0;
+				free_url(resource);
+				return NULL;
+                  }
+		}
+		else if (lookup_hostname(resource->host, &server.sin_addr)) {
 			SOCK_FCLOSE(*socketd);
 			*socketd = 0;
 			free_url(resource);
 			return NULL;
 		}
-		server.sin_port = htons(resource->port);
+		if(proxy!=NULL)
+		{
+		  if(port!=NULL)
+		  {
+		    server.sin_port = htons(atoi(port));
+		  }
+		  else
+		  {
+		    server.sin_port = htons(8080);
+		  }
+		}
+		else
+		{
+		  server.sin_port = htons(resource->port);
+                }
 
 		if (connect(*socketd, (struct sockaddr *) &server, sizeof(server)) == SOCK_CONN_ERR) {
 			SOCK_FCLOSE(*socketd);
@@ -494,8 +546,31 @@
 #endif
 #endif							/*win32 */
 
-		strcpy(hdr_line, "GET ");
+                if(post!=NULL && strcmp(post,"set")==0)
+		{
+	          strcpy(hdr_line, "POST ");
+		  len = 5;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+		  strcpy(hdr_line, "GET ");
+		  len = 4;
+		}
 		
+		if(proxy!=NULL)
+		{
+	          strncat(hdr_line, "http://", sizeof(hdr_line)-len);
+		  len += 7;
+		  strncat(hdr_line, resource->host, sizeof(hdr_line)-len);
+		  len += strlen(resource->host);
+		  strncat(hdr_line, ":", sizeof(hdr_line)-len);
+		  len++;
+		  snprintf(tmp_line, sizeof(tmp_line)-1, "%i", resource->port);
+		  tmp_line[sizeof(tmp_line)-1] = '\0';
+		  strncat(hdr_line, tmp_line, sizeof(hdr_line)-len);
+		  len += strlen(tmp_line);
+                }
+
 		/* tell remote http which file to get */
 		if (resource->path != NULL) {
 			strlcat(hdr_line, resource->path, sizeof(hdr_line));
@@ -598,6 +673,14 @@
 		}
 		free_url(resource);
 		*issock = 1;
+
+		if(proxy!=NULL)
+		  efree(proxy);
+		if(port!=NULL)
+		  efree(port);
+		if(post!=NULL)
+		  efree(post);
+
 		return (fp);
 	} else if (!strncasecmp(path, "php://", 6)) {
 		const char *res = path + 6;
diff -uNr php-4.0RC1.orig/main.c php-4.0RC1/main.c
--- php-4.0RC1.orig/main.c	Fri May 12 15:28:15 2000
+++ php-4.0RC1/main.c	Fri May 12 15:36:54 2000
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@
 static PHP_INI_MH(OnSetPrecision)
 {
 	ELS_FETCH();
-
 	EG(precision) = atoi(new_value);
 	return SUCCESS;
 }
@@ -204,6 +203,9 @@
 	STD_PHP_INI_ENTRY("auto_append_file",		NULL,		PHP_INI_ALL,		OnUpdateString,			auto_append_file,		php_core_globals,	core_globals)
 	STD_PHP_INI_ENTRY("auto_prepend_file",		NULL,		PHP_INI_ALL,		OnUpdateString,			auto_prepend_file,		php_core_globals,	core_globals)
 	STD_PHP_INI_ENTRY("doc_root",				NULL,		PHP_INI_SYSTEM,		OnUpdateStringUnempty,	doc_root,				php_core_globals,	core_globals)
+	STD_PHP_INI_ENTRY("proxy",			"",		PHP_INI_ALL,		OnUpdateString, 	proxy,		php_core_globals,	core_globals)
+	STD_PHP_INI_ENTRY("port",			"",		PHP_INI_ALL,		OnUpdateString, 	port,		php_core_globals,	core_globals)
+	STD_PHP_INI_ENTRY("post_method",		"",		PHP_INI_ALL,		OnUpdateString, 	post,		php_core_globals,	core_globals)
 	STD_PHP_INI_ENTRY("default_charset", SAPI_DEFAULT_CHARSET,	PHP_INI_ALL,	OnUpdateString,			default_charset,		sapi_globals_struct,sapi_globals)
 	STD_PHP_INI_ENTRY("default_mimetype",SAPI_DEFAULT_MIMETYPE,	PHP_INI_ALL,	OnUpdateString,			default_mimetype,		sapi_globals_struct,sapi_globals)
 	STD_PHP_INI_ENTRY("error_log",				NULL,		PHP_INI_ALL,		OnUpdateString,			error_log,				php_core_globals,	core_globals)
diff -uNr php-4.0RC1.orig/php_globals.h php-4.0RC1/php_globals.h
--- php-4.0RC1.orig/php_globals.h	Fri May 12 15:28:15 2000
+++ php-4.0RC1/php_globals.h	Fri May 12 15:39:35 2000
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@
 struct _php_tick_function_entry;
 
 struct _php_core_globals {
+	char *proxy;
+	char *port;
+	char *post;
+
 	zend_bool magic_quotes_gpc;
 	zend_bool magic_quotes_runtime;
 	zend_bool magic_quotes_sybase;
@@ -67,7 +71,7 @@
 
 	zend_bool safe_mode;
 	zend_bool sql_safe_mode;
-	char *safe_mode_exec_dir;
+        char *safe_mode_exec_dir;
 	zend_bool enable_dl;
 
 	long memory_limit;