what are the alternatives for php://input and $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA when file_get_contents and always_populate_raw_post_data are disabled

Question

My hosting comp has disabled all the socket functionality except curl. They are so irresponsible on my questions for enabling it. i can think of another hosting yet i want t

Answer 1

When file_get_contents() is disabled you can use the great functionality of PEAR::PHP_Compat. It consists of an replacement for file_get_contents().

Simply download the latest package, extract it and use it like this:

require_once '/path/to/PHP_Compat-1.6.0a3/Compat/Function/file_get_contents.php';

$content = php_compat_file_get_contents('http://example.com');