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A simple PHP HTTP library with a single helper function for making HTTP requests.

Installation

Install via Composer:

composer require yvesnda/simple_http

Usage

The library provides a single function: http_request.

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

// Example GET request
$response = http_request('GET', 'https://api.example.com/data');

// Example POST request with JSON data
$response = http_request('POST', 'https://api.example.com/data', [], ['key' => 'value']);

// Access response details
if ($response['error']) {
    echo "Error: " . $response['error'];
} else {
    echo "HTTP Code: " . $response['code'] . PHP_EOL;
    print_r($response['result']);
}

Function Signature

http_request($method, $url, $headers = [], $data = '', $follow_response_type = 1)

• $method: HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE)
• $url: Request URL
• $headers: (optional) Array of headers
• $data: (optional) Array or string of data to send
• $follow_response_type: (optional) If 1, tries to decode JSON/XML responses

Response Structure

The function returns an array with:

• code: HTTP status code
• headers: Request headers sent
• raw: Raw response body
• result: Parsed response (array for JSON, SimpleXMLElement for XML, or raw string)
• error: Error message if any

License

MIT License. See LICENSE.