(PECL pecl_http >= 0.10.0)
HttpRequest::send — Send request
Send the HTTP request.
Note: While an exception may be thrown, the transfer could have succeeded at least partially, so you might want to check the return values of various HttpRequest::getResponse*() methods.
Returns the received response as HttpMessage object.
Throws HttpRuntimeException, HttpRequestException, HttpMalformedHeaderException, HttpEncodingException.
Example #1 GET example
<?php
$r = new HttpRequest('http://example.com/feed.rss', HttpRequest::METH_GET);
$r->setOptions(array('lastmodified' => filemtime('local.rss')));
$r->addQueryData(array('category' => 3));
try {
$r->send();
if ($r->getResponseCode() == 200) {
file_put_contents('local.rss', $r->getResponseBody());
}
} catch (HttpException $ex) {
echo $ex;
}
?>
Example #2 POST example
<?php
$r = new HttpRequest('http://example.com/form.php', HttpRequest::METH_POST);
$r->setOptions(array('cookies' => array('lang' => 'de')));
$r->addPostFields(array('user' => 'mike', 'pass' => 's3c|r3t'));
$r->addPostFile('image', 'profile.jpg', 'image/jpeg');
try {
echo $r->send()->getBody();
} catch (HttpException $ex) {
echo $ex;
}
?>