note 113876 added to function.curl-exec

If you want to get contents of a page through HTTP GET or POST, you can write a small function like below. <?php /** * Read entire contents of a URL in a string * @param string $url URL to fetch data from * @param mixed $params Parameters to the URL, typically an array. In case of POST, can be a string * @param string $method HTTP method - can be 'GET' (default) or 'POST' * @return mixed Contents of the webpage. Returns <i>false</i> in case of failure. */ function url_get_contents($url, $params = null, $method = 'GET') { $contents = false; if (!in_array($method, array('GET', 'POST'))) { error_log(__FUNCTION__ . ": Unknown method '$method'"); return false; } if ($method == 'GET') { if (is_array($params) && count($params) > 0) { if ($params === array_values($params)) { error_log(__FUNCTION__ . ": Numerical array recieved for argument '\$params' (assoc array expected)"); return false; } else { $url .= '?' . http_build_query($params); } } elseif (!is_null($params)) { error_log(__FUNCTION__ . ": If you're making a GET request, argument \$params must be null or assoc array."); return false; } } $ch = curl_init($url); if ($ch !== false) { curl_setopt_array($ch, array( CURLOPT_HEADER => false, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, )); if ($method == 'POST') { curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true); if (is_string($params) || is_array($params)) { curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $params); } else { error_log(__FUNCTION__ . ": Argument \$params should be an array of parameters or (if you want to send raw data) a string"); return false; } } $contents = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch); } return $contents; } ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 72.52.91.14 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.curl-exec.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/113876 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113876/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113876/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113876/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113876/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113876/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113876/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113876 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/113876 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php