PHP: how to use HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING to pass gzip acceptance when using fileget_contents()?

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I'm downloading once a day a large json output emitted wy a my webapi. My api server can output using gzip encoding, but it checks if to do this testing if HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING contains the word 'gzip'.

From webserver with the client script, I use file_get_content to read the json. But how to warn the api server that i'm able to accept gzip?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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Apparently you can send headers (e.g. the HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING header) with your file_get_contents() request as described here.

An alternative could be using cURL to send the request with custom headers.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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PHP: how to use HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING to pass gzip acceptance when using fileget_contents()?

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