Question

I need to read the result of a form which uses POST action type for submission. So, can I convert a variable obtained through GET variable to POST and then I can simply read the contents using file_get_contents().

Please help me in getting the data using this method or through some alternate method if possible.

Answer 1

file_get_contents can be used to perform POST requests by using stream_context_create:

$options = array('http'=>array(
        'method'=>'POST',
        'header'=>'Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
        'content'=>'var1=a&var2=b'
    )
);

echo file_get_contents('http://somesite.com/someform/', false, stream_context_create($options));