php man page for http_post_fields

HTTP_POST_FIELDS(3)							 1						       HTTP_POST_FIELDS(3)

http_post_fields - Perform POST request with data to be encoded

SYNOPSIS
       string http_post_fields (string	$url, array  $data, [array  $files], [array  $options], [array	&$info])

DESCRIPTION
	Performs an HTTP POST request on the supplied url.

       See the full list of request options.

PARAMETERS
	      o $url
		- URL

	      o $data
		- Associative array of POST values

	      o $files
		- Array of files to post

	      o $options
		-request options

	      o $info
		-Request/response information

RETURN VALUES
	Returns the HTTP response(s) as string on success, or FALSE on failure.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      A http_post_fields(3) example

	      <?php
	      $fields = array(
		  'name' => 'mike',
		  'pass' => 'se_ret'
	      );
	      $files = array(
		  array(
		      'name' => 'uimg',
		      'type' => 'image/jpeg',
		      'file' => './profile.jpg',
		  )
	      );

	      $response = http_post_fields("http://www.example.com/", $fields, $files);
	      ?>

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