stream_context_create()

stream_context_create() — Creates a stream context.

Built-in function of PHP 8.5. The manual lists it as available in PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8. This page is the reference card: signature, parameters and return value, plus the changelog and the example the manual provides.

What it does

Creates and returns a stream context with any options supplied in options preset.

Signature

stream_context_create(?array $options = null, ?array $params = null): resource

Parameters

Parameter	Type	What it takes
$options	?array	Must be an associative array of associative arrays in the format $arr['wrapper']['option'] = $value, or null. Refer to context options for a list of available wrappers and options.
$params	?array	Must be an associative array in the format $arr['parameter'] = $value, or null. Refer to context parameters for a listing of standard stream parameters.

Return value

A stream context resource.

Example

A runnable snippet:

$opts = [ 'http' => [ 'method' => "GET", // Use CRLF \r\n to separate multiple headers 'header' => "Accept-language: en\r\n" . "Cookie: foo=bar", ] ]; $context = stream_context_create($opts); /* Sends an http request to www.example.com with additional headers shown above */ $fp = fopen('http://www.example.com', 'r', false, $context); fpassthru($fp); fclose($fp);

Changelog

Version	Change
8.0.0	options and params are now nullable.