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<h1 class="refname">stream_context_create</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">stream_context_create</span> — <span class="dc-title">Creates a stream context</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.stream-context-create-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>stream_context_create</strong></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter">$options</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter">$params</code></span>
]] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Creates and returns a stream context with any options supplied in
<em><code class="parameter">options</code></em> preset.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.stream-context-create-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">options</code></em></span>
<dd>
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Must be an associative array of associative arrays in the format
<em>$arr['wrapper']['option'] = $value</em>.
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Default to an empty array.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">params</code></em></span>
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Must be an associative array in the format
<em>$arr['parameter'] = $value</em>.
Refer to <a href="context.html" class="link">context parameters</a> for
a listing of standard stream parameters.
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.stream-context-create-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
A stream context <span class="type"><a href="language.types.resource.html" class="type resource">resource</a></span>.
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<div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-function.stream-context-create-changelog">
<h3 class="title">Changelog</h3>
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<th>Version</th>
<th>Description</th>
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<td>5.3.0</td>
<td>
Added the optional <em><code class="parameter">params</code></em> argument.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.stream-context-create-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 Using <span class="function"><strong>stream_context_create()</strong></span></strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$opts </span><span style="color: #007700">= array(<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'http'</span><span style="color: #007700">=>array(<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'method'</span><span style="color: #007700">=></span><span style="color: #DD0000">"GET"</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'header'</span><span style="color: #007700">=></span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Accept-language: en\r\n" </span><span style="color: #007700">.<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Cookie: foo=bar\r\n"<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: #FF8000">/* Sends an http request to www.example.com<br /> with additional headers shown above */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fp </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">fopen</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'http://www.example.com'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'r'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">false</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$context</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fpassthru</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fp</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fclose</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fp</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.stream-context-create-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.stream-context-set-option.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">stream_context_set_option()</a> - Sets an option for a stream/wrapper/context</span></li>
<li class="member">Listing of supported wrappers (<a href="wrappers.html" class="xref">Supported Protocols and Wrappers</a>)</li>
<li class="member">Context options (<a href="context.html" class="xref">Context options and parameters</a>)</li>
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