stream_context_get_default

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

stream_context_get_defaultRetrieve the default stream context

Description

stream_context_get_default(?array$options = null): resource

Returns the default stream context which is used whenever file operations (fopen(), file_get_contents(), etc...) are called without a context parameter. Options for the default context can optionally be specified with this function using the same syntax as stream_context_create().

Parameters

options
options must be an associative array of associative arrays in the format $arr['wrapper']['option'] = $value, or null.

Return Values

A stream context resource.

Changelog

VersionDescription
8.0.0options is now nullable.

Examples

Example #1 Using stream_context_get_default()

<?php
$default_opts
= array(
'http'=>array(
'method'=>"GET",
'header'=>"Accept-language: en\r\n" .
"Cookie: foo=bar",
'proxy'=>"tcp://10.54.1.39:8000"
)
);


$alternate_opts = array(
'http'=>array(
'method'=>"POST",
'header'=>"Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n" .
"Content-length: " . strlen("baz=bomb"),
'content'=>"baz=bomb"
)
);

$default = stream_context_get_default($default_opts);
$alternate = stream_context_create($alternate_opts);


readfile('http://www.example.com');


readfile('http://www.example.com', false, $alternate);

?>

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