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<h1 class="refname">CURL context options</h1>
<p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">CURL context options</span> — <span class="dc-title">CURL context option listing</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-context.curl-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<p class="para">
CURL context options are available when the
<a href="intro.curl.html" class="link">CURL</a> extension was compiled using the
<strong class="option unknown">--with-curlwrappers</strong>
configure option.
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<div class="refsect1 options" id="refsect1-context.curl-options">
<h3 class="title">Options</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt id="context.curl.method">
<span class="term">
<em><code class="parameter">method</code></em>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span>
</span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
<strong><code>GET</code></strong>, <strong><code>POST</code></strong>, or
any other HTTP method supported by the remote server.
</p>
<p class="para">
Defaults to <strong><code>GET</code></strong>.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="context.curl.header">
<span class="term">
<em><code class="parameter">header</code></em>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span>
</span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Additional headers to be sent during request. Values
in this option will override other values (such as
<em>User-agent:</em>, <em>Host:</em>,
and <em>Authentication:</em>).
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="context.curl.user-agent">
<span class="term">
<em><code class="parameter">user_agent</code></em>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span>
</span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Value to send with User-Agent: header.
</p>
<p class="para">
By default the
<a href="filesystem.configuration.html#ini.user-agent" class="link">user_agent</a>
<var class="filename">php.ini</var> setting is used.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="context.curl.content">
<span class="term">
<em><code class="parameter">content</code></em>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span>
</span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Additional data to be sent after the headers. This option is not used
for <strong><code>GET</code></strong> or <strong><code>HEAD</code></strong> requests.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="context.curl.proxy">
<span class="term">
<em><code class="parameter">proxy</code></em>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span>
</span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
URI specifying address of proxy server. (e.g.
<em>tcp://proxy.example.com:5100</em>).
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="context.curl.max-redirects">
<span class="term">
<em><code class="parameter">max_redirects</code></em>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.integer.html" class="type integer">integer</a></span>
</span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The max number of redirects to follow. Value <em>1</em> or
less means that no redirects are followed.
</p>
<p class="para">
Defaults to <em>20</em>.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="context.curl.curl-verify-ssl-host">
<span class="term">
<em><code class="parameter">curl_verify_ssl_host</code></em>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.boolean.html" class="type boolean">boolean</a></span>
</span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Verify the host.
</p>
<p class="para">
Defaults to <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong>
</p>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
This option is available for both the http and ftp protocol wrappers.
</p>
</p></blockquote>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt id="context.curl.curl-verify-ssl-peer">
<span class="term">
<em><code class="parameter">curl_verify_ssl_peer</code></em>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.boolean.html" class="type boolean">boolean</a></span>
</span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Require verification of SSL certificate used.
</p>
<p class="para">
Defaults to <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong>
</p>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
This option is available for both the http and ftp protocol wrappers.
</p>
</p></blockquote>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-context.curl-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="context.curl.example-post">
<p><strong>Example #1 Fetch a page and send POST data</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br />$postdata </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">http_build_query</span><span style="color: #007700">(<br /> array(<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'var1' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'some content'</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'var2' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'doh'<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">)<br />);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$opts </span><span style="color: #007700">= array(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'http' </span><span style="color: #007700">=><br /> array(<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'method' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'POST'</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'header' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded'</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'content' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$postdata<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">)<br />);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$context </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">stream_context_create</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$opts</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">file_get_contents</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'http://example.com/submit.php'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">false</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$context</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-context.curl-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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