How to post data in PHP using file_get_contents? I'm using PHP's function file_get_contents() to fetch contents of a URL and then I process headers through the variable $http_response_header. Now the problem is that some of the URLs need some data to be posted to the URL (for example, login pages). How do I do that? I realize using stream_context I may be able to do that but I am not entirely clear. Thanks. Answer: Sending an HTTP POST request using file_get_contents is not that hard, actually : as

Saving image from PHP URL I need to save an image from a PHP URL to my PC. Let's say I have a page, http://example.com/image.php, holding a single "flower" image, nothing else. How can I save this image from the URL with a new name (using PHP)? Answer: If you have allow_url_fopen set to true: $url = 'http://example.com/image.php'; $img = '/my/folder/flower.gif'; file_put_contents($img, file_get_contents($url)); Else use cURL: $ch = curl_init('http://example.com/image.php'); $fp = fopen('/my/folder/flower.gif', 'wb'); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FILE, $fp); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0); curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch); fclose($fp); source

How should a model be structured in MVC? I am just getting a grasp on the MVC framework and I often wonder how much code should go in the model. I tend to have a data access class that has methods like this: public function CheckUsername($connection, $username) { try { $data = array(); $data['Username'] = $username; //// SQL $sql = "SELECT Username FROM" . $this->usersTableName . " WHERE Username = :Username"; //// Execute statement return $this->ExecuteObject($connection, $sql, $data); } catch(Exception $e) { throw

How do I send a POST request with PHP? Actually I want to read the contents that come after the search query, when it is done. The problem is that the URL only accepts POST methods, and it does not take any action with GET method... I have to read all contents with the help of domdocument or file_get_contents(). Is there any method that will let me send parameters with POST method and then read the contents via PHP? Solution :  CURL-less method with PHP5: $url = 'http://server.com/path'; $data = array('key1' => 'value1',