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<h1 class="refname">http_post_fields</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PECL pecl_http >= 0.10.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">http_post_fields</span> — <span class="dc-title">Perform POST request with data to be encoded</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.http-post-fields-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>http_post_fields</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$url</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter">$data</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter">$files</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter">$options</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter reference">&$info</code></span>
]]] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Performs an HTTP POST request on the supplied url.
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<p class="para">See the full list of <a href="http.request.options.html" class="link">request options</a>.</p>
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.http-post-fields-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">url</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
URL
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</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">data</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Associative array of POST values
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</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">files</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Array of files to post
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</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">options</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
<a href="http.request.options.html" class="link">request options</a>
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</dd>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">info</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
<a href="function.http-get.html#http.request.info" class="link">Request/response information</a>
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</dd>
</dt>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.http-post-fields-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns the HTTP response(s) as string on
success, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.http-post-fields-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 A <span class="function"><strong>http_post_fields()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$fields </span><span style="color: #007700">= array(<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'name' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'mike'</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'pass' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'se_ret'<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$files </span><span style="color: #007700">= array(<br /> array(<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'name' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'uimg'</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'type' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'image/jpeg'</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'file' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'./profile.jpg'</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> )<br />);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$response </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">http_post_fields</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"http://www.example.com/"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fields</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$files</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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