How to get an HTTP response as a stream in PHP?

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My application's backend in PHP sends HTTP requests to other servers and receives large responses from them.

At the moment I'm using curl_setopt($curlResource, CURLOPT_FILE, $fileResource); to avoid storing the response in memory so I don't have to increase memory limits for the script.

What I want to achieve is for my script to receive the HTTP response from other server and to process it in real-time, discarding pieces of data already processed.

Is it even possible without something fancy like a socket connection to ports 80 or 443 to receive data without the help of CURL?

[You might be interested in this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/1342760/227884) — UltraInstinct, Dec 07 '13 at 10:35
@Thrustmaster, thanks a lot, looks like **exactly** what I need. Create a proper answer, if you want, so I could mark it as the right one. — sp-niemand, Dec 07 '13 at 12:49
@sp-niemand Thanks, but I dont deserve credit for that answer; Martin does. You can upvote his post, and close/delete your question here. :) — UltraInstinct, Dec 07 '13 at 12:58

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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Brief answer: use your own custom stream object as a CURLOPT_FILE.

You can find more info here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1342760/227884 .

edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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