stream_context_create

Create a streams context (PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)
resource stream_context_create ( [array options [, array params]] )

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. It defaults to an empty array.

params must be an associative array in the format $arr['parameter'] = $value. Refer to stream_context_set_params() for a listing of standard stream parameters.

Note:

The params argument was added to PHP 6.0.0.

Example 2371. Using stream_context_create()

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<?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 O, List of Supported Protocols/Wrappers).

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Something to keep in mind when creating SSL streams (using https://): <?php $context = context_create_stream($context_options) $fp = fopen('https://url', 'r', false, $context); ?> One would think - the proper way to create a stream options array, would be as follows: <?php $context_options = array ( 'https' => array ( 'method' => 'POST', 'header'=> "Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n" . "Content-Length: " . strlen($data) . "\r\n", 'content' => $data ) ); ?> THAT IS THE WRONG WAY!!! Take notice to the 3rd line: 'https' => array ( The CORRECT way, is as follows: <?php $context_options = array ( 'http' => array ( 'method' => 'POST', 'header'=> "Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n" . "Content-Length: " . strlen($data) . "\r\n", 'content' => $data ) ); ?> Notice, the NEW 3rd line: 'http' => array ( Now - keep this in mind - I spent several hours trying to trouble shoot my issue, when I finally stumbled upon this non-documented issue. The complete code to post to a secure page is as follows: <?php $data = array ('foo' => 'bar', 'bar' => 'baz'); $data = http_build_query($data); $context_options = array ( 'http' => array ( 'method' => 'POST', 'header'=> "Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n" . "Content-Length: " . strlen($data) . "\r\n", 'content' => $data ) ); $context = context_create_stream($context_options) $fp = fopen('https://url', 'r', false, $context); ?>

It seems that the authorization example given below by"php at charlesconsulting dot com" does NOT work with PHP 5.2.1, since the 'header' option will be simply ignored if it is not an array (but a string). The following works: $url = 'http://protectedstuff.com'; $auth = base64_encode('user:password'); $header = array("Authorization: Basic $auth"); $opts = array( 'http' => array ('method'=>'GET', 'header'=>$header)); $ctx = stream_context_create($opts); file_get_contents($url,false,$ctx); See also http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=41051

Hi,you can create an array of parameters(what it's called a stream context),which can be transmitted each time you read or write a stream through a socket.In the below example: $opts =array('http'=>arra('method'=>"GET", 'header'=>"Accept-language:en\r\n"."Cookie: foo=bar\r\n"); What you're actually doing is create a set of parameters(the protocol to be used,the request method,additional http headers and a cookie) which will be used each time you open a socket connection to request www.example.com.This saves a lot of time if you want to use these parameters (called a stream context) whenever you include them when making a request to www.example.com,instead of having to specify them over and over again. Using the previous example,say you want to create a stream context,which sends a "Content-Type" http header and utilize it when making a request to www.example.com.Take a look: $opts = array('http'=>array('method'=>"GET", 'header'=>"Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8"); $context = stream_context_create($opts); $fp = fopen('http://www.example.com','r',false,$context); fpassthru($fp); fclose($fp); Now,when you make a request to www.example.com,the above http header will be included within the socket and transmitted to the server.Best of luck for you friends,Hossein

Here's an example of retrieving a page which requests a username and password using the basic authorization scheme. This calls the w3.org web page validator for a password protected page. //$fileurl contains page to validate $validateurl="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=$fileurl"; $cred = sprintf('Authorization: Basic %s', base64_encode('username:password') ); $opts = array( 'http'=>array( 'method'=>'GET', 'header'=>$cred) ); $ctx = stream_context_create($opts); $validate=file_get_contents($validateurl,false,$ctx);

Here's a very simple way to do posts easily without need of cURL or writing an http request by hand using the tcp:// wrapper. I like using contexts just because of their ubiquity and the lack of an optional library such as cURL (though one of the more popular libraries). <?php $options = array( 'http'=>array( 'method'=>"POST", 'header'=> "Accept-language: en\r\n". "Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n", 'content'=>http_build_query(array('foo'=>'bar')) )); $context = stream_context_create($options); fopen('http://www.example.com/',false,$context); ?>

Example of a stream for reading a string passed via a context object. <?php /* ---------------------------------------- * Designed to read from a string */ class sfStreamStringRead { const PROTOCOL = 'stringread'; /* Underscore not allowed */ protected $dataPos = NULL; protected $dataBuf = NULL; protected $dataLen = NULL; function stream_open($path, $mode, $options, &$opened_path) { /* Verify context has data */ $contextOptions = stream_context_get_options($this->context); if (!isset($contextOptions[self::PROTOCOL]['data'])) { return FALSE; } $this->dataBuf = $contextOptions[self::PROTOCOL]['data']; $this->dataLen = strlen($this->dataBuf); $this->dataPos = 0; return TRUE; } function stream_read($count){ $ret = substr($this->dataBuf, $this->dataPos, $count); $this->dataPos += strlen($ret); return $ret; } function stream_eof(){ return $this->dataPos >= $this->dataLen; } function stream_tell(){ return $this->dataPos; } /* ------------------------------------------ * A few helper functions */ static function genURL() { return self::PROTOCOL . '://'; } static function genContext($dataBuf) { return stream_context_create(array( self::PROTOCOL => array( 'data' => $dataBuf, ), )); } static function open($dataBuf) { return fopen(self::genURL(),'r',FALSE,self::genContext($dataBuf)); } } stream_wrapper_register( sfStreamStringRead::PROTOCOL, 'sfStreamStringRead' ); $sp = sfStreamStringRead::open("Some String Data\n"); echo fgets($sp); fclose($sp); ?>

stream_context_create

Create a streams context (PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5) resource stream_context_create ( [array options [, array params]] )

Example 2371. Using stream_context_create()

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