How server to server communication is done in php

Question

I really would like to know how server to server POST is done in php. The scenario is,

Im having some data stored in variable $data which I wanted to post to my clients server through the backend.

Is it done using cURL or is there other way server to server POSTing is done?Please help

You can also use `file_get_contents` with a custom context if cURL isn't available, e.g. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2445276/how-to-post-data-in-php-using-file-get-contents — slugonamission, May 15 '14 at 08:49
Is curl really secure in terms to server to server call.Is there anyway the data can be spoofed? — user3637105, May 15 '14 at 08:50
This does not depend on the library you use for HTTP, but on the protocol and transport layer encryption: `SSL/HTTPS` is what makes it secure. — Daniel W., May 15 '14 at 09:11

Michel · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-15T09:05:50.290

I nicked this code from another question here on StackOverflow I cannot find right now. This is posting between two php-files.

$host=//target host
$path=//path to post file;
$vars=//string to send
$fp=fsockopen($host,80,$errno,$errstr,2);
if(!$fp){
    $echo 'Connection failed';die;
    }
else{
    $out ="POST ".$path." HTTP/1.1\r\n";
    $out.="Host: ".$host."\r\n";
    $out.="Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n";
    $out.="Content-Length: ".strlen($vars)."\r\n";
    $out.="Connection: Close\r\n\r\n";
    $out.=$vars."\r\n";
    $par=fwrite($fp,$out);
    fclose($fp);
   }

The advantage from this above file_get_contents is it doesn't wait for a response, because it kills the connection after the post. The disadvantage: you never know if the post is processed by the receiving end;

How server to server communication is done in php

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