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HTTP POST from PHP, without cURL

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From http://netevil.org/blog/2006/nov/http-post-from-php-without-curl

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  1. <?php
  2.   function do_post_request($url, $data, $optional_headers = null)
  3.   {
  4.      $params = array('http' => array(
  5.                   'method' => 'POST',
  6.                   'content' => $data
  7.                ));
  8.      if ($optional_headers !== null) {
  9.         $params['http']['header'] = $optional_headers;
  10.      }
  11.      $ctx = stream_context_create($params);
  12.      $fp = @fopen($url, 'rb', false, $ctx);
  13.      if (!$fp) {
  14.         throw new Exception("Problem with $url, $php_errormsg");
  15.      }
  16.      $response = @stream_get_contents($fp);
  17.      if ($response === false) {
  18.         throw new Exception("Problem reading data from $url, $php_errormsg");
  19.      }
  20.      return $response;
  21.   }

URL: http://netevil.org/blog/2006/nov/http-post-from-php-without-curl

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