can I use file_get_contents to send an http request to my host with GET parameters? If yes, I have other 3 questions: Firstly, how? Can I use https instead of http? Can I send them to another host (an external one)? Thx in advance, pls don't blame me if it is stupid

CodePudding user response：

Yes.

1. Add the parameters to the URL after ?: ?param1=value1&param2=value2. You can use http_build_query() to convert an associative array to URL query parameters.
2. Yes, just put https: in the URL.
3. Yes, you can send to any URL.

$result = file_get_contents('https://www.google.com/search?q=words to search for');

CodePudding user response：

file_get_contents is a stream fonction, so you can create a stream context and pass it to this function :

$context = stream_context_create( 
array( 'https' => // or any other protocol
 array( 
 'method' => 'GET', // or post ..
 // any other params you need
)
)
$response = file_get_contents('https://my-api.com/users' . http_build_query($params), false, $context);