Make a Https Request Through PHP and Get Response

Make a HTTPS request through PHP and get response

this might work, give it a shot.

 $ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
// Set so curl_exec returns the result instead of outputting it.
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
// Get the response and close the channel.
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

for more info, check
http://unitstep.net/blog/2009/05/05/using-curl-in-php-to-access-https-ssltls-protected-sites/

How to send a GET request from PHP?

Unless you need more than just the contents of the file, you could use file_get_contents.

$xml = file_get_contents("http://www.example.com/file.xml");

For anything more complex, I'd use cURL.

How do I make a POST request over HTTPS in PHP?

I think you cannot talk directly HTTPS, as it is HTTP encrypted with the public certificate of the server you are connecting to. Maybe you can use some of the ssl functions in php. But, this will take you some time and frankly, there are easier things.

Just take a look at cURL (client URL), that has support for GET and POST requests, and also connecting to https servers.

How to make an HTTP request in PHP?

The easiest way is probably to use cURL. See https://web.archive.org/web/20180819060003/http://codular.com/curl-with-php for some examples.

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