convert the curl command curl -X PUT -d

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its simple question can anybody convert this curl command to equivalent php code

   curl -X PUT -d '{
  "alanisawesome": {
    "name": "Alan Turing",
    "birthday": "June 23, 1912"
  }
}' 'https://docs-examples.firebaseio.com/rest/saving-data/fireblog/users.json'

i am new to curl, please explain where '-X' option and '-d' options are specified

Possible duplicate of [PHP cURL HTTP PUT](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5043525/php-curl-http-put) — cn007b, May 31 '16 at 12:41

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 31 '16 at 12:21

For the options, take a look to the documentation : https://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html

-d, --data < data > :

(HTTP) Sends the specified data in a POST request to the HTTP server, in the same way that a browser does when a user has filled in an HTML form and presses the submit button. This will cause curl to pass the data to the server using the content-type application/x-www-form-urlencoded.

-X, --request < command > :

(HTTP) Specifies a custom request method to use when communicating with the HTTP server. The specified request method will be used instead of the method otherwise used (which defaults to GET). Read the HTTP 1.1 specification for details and explanations. Common additional HTTP requests include PUT and DELETE, but related technologies like WebDAV offers PROPFIND, COPY, MOVE and more.

Normally you don't need this option. All sorts of GET, HEAD, POST and PUT requests are rather invoked by using dedicated command line options.

convert the curl command curl -X PUT -d

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