To receive content via HTTP, you can first try file_get_contents; Your host may not disable the http: // stream:
$str = file_get_contents('http://www.google.fr');
The bit can be disabled (see allow_url_fopen); and sometimes it ...
If it is disabled, you can try using fsockopen ; the example given in the manual says this (quoting):
$fp = fsockopen("www.example.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30);
if (!$fp) {
echo "$errstr ($errno)<br />\n";
} else {
$out = "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n";
$out .= "Host: www.example.com\r\n";
$out .= "Connection: Close\r\n\r\n";
fwrite($fp, $out);
while (!feof($fp)) {
echo fgets($fp, 128);
}
fclose($fp);
}
Given this rather low level (although you work with a socket, and the HTTP protocol is not so simple), using a library that uses it will make your life easier.
, snoopy; .