Using http_get php

Question

While using a certain API to extract information the docs suggest that I need to pass a URL to retrieve data. The data is returned in XML, however to receive it in JSON format HTTP Accept header value of 'application/json' should be specified.

I am trying to achieve this in PHP, e.g. the URL to retrieve information is http://www.example.com?someContent which returns data in XML.

I am currently using http_get function from PHP, however, it doesn't seem to be working at all.

Any suggestions on how can I extract information and then also request it in JSON format.

Solution

Untested, but this should work. Set the headers option to an array of headers you want to use.

$response = http_get("http://www.example.com/?someContent", array(
  'headers' => array(
    'Accept' => 'application/json'
  )
), $info);

print_r($info);

http://php.net/manual/en/function.http-get.php

Comments

[Namit]

For some reason, this doesn't seem to work at all (stops page from loading anything), probably some syntax error I think, but I can't find any.

[Namit]

Should 'Accept': 'application/json' be 'Content-type: application/json' instead?

[Brad]

@Namit, No, Content-Type is a response header. Accept is the request header telling the server what content types you will accept. Turn on your error log to see what's going on. Your server may not allow a connection to the outside.

[Namit]

This is what it says: parse error, expecting ')'' on the line with 'Accept' : ...

[Brad]

Oops, sorry, wrong language. : should be => instead. Fixed.

[KathyA.]

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