stream_context_set_default

Set the default stream context

Description

resource stream_context_set_default ( array $options )

Set the default stream context which will be used whenever file operations (fopen, file_get_contents, etc...) are called without a context parameter. Uses the same syntax as stream_context_create.

Parameters

options

The options to set for the default context.

Note:

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

Return Values

Returns the default stream context.

Examples

Example #1 stream_context_set_default example

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

$default stream_context_set_default($default_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');
?>

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