Example #1 Using file_get_contents() to retrieve data from multiple sources
<?php
$localfile = file_get_contents("/home/bar/foo.txt");
$localfile = file_get_contents("file:///home/bar/foo.txt");
$httpfile = file_get_contents("http://www.example.com/foo.txt");
$httpsfile = file_get_contents("https://www.example.com/foo.txt");
$ftpfile = file_get_contents("ftp://user:pass@ftp.example.com/foo.txt");
$ftpsfile = file_get_contents("ftps://user:pass@ftp.example.com/foo.txt");
?>Example #2 Making a POST request to an https server
<?php
$sock = fsockopen("ssl://secure.example.com", 443, $errno, $errstr, 30);
if (!$sock) die("$errstr ($errno)\n");
$data = "foo=" . urlencode("Value for Foo") . "&bar=" . urlencode("Value for Bar");
fwrite($sock, "POST /form_action.php HTTP/1.0\r\n");
fwrite($sock, "Host: secure.example.com\r\n");
fwrite($sock, "Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n");
fwrite($sock, "Content-length: " . strlen($data) . "\r\n");
fwrite($sock, "Accept: *
$fp = fopen("compress.zlib://foo-bar.txt.gz", "wb");
if (!$fp) die("Unable to create file.");
fwrite($fp, "This is a test.\n");
fclose($fp);
?>