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

Version Description
8.0.0 options 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);/* Sends a regular GET request to proxy server at 10.54.1.39 * For www.example.com using context options specified in $default_opts */readfile('http://www.example.com');/* Sends a POST request directly to www.example.com * Using context options specified in $alternate_opts */readfile('http://www.example.com', false, $alternate);?>

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