用PHP发送GET或POST请求的更好方法如下:

<?php
    $r = new HttpRequest('http://example.com/form.php', HttpRequest::METH_POST);
    $r->setOptions(array('cookies' => array('lang' => 'de')));
    $r->addPostFields(array('user' => 'mike', 'pass' => 's3c|r3t'));

    try {
        echo $r->send()->getBody();
    } catch (HttpException $ex) {
        echo $ex;
    }
?>

代码摘自官方文档http://docs.php.net/manual/da/httprequest.send.php

如果你碰巧使用Wordpress来开发你的应用(它实际上是一种获得授权、信息页面等非常简单的东西的方便方式)，你可以使用下面的代码片段:

$response = wp_remote_post( $url, array('body' => $parameters));

if ( is_wp_error( $response ) ) {
    // $response->get_error_message()
} else {
    // $response['body']
}

它使用不同的方式来发出实际的HTTP请求，这取决于web服务器上可用的内容。有关更多详细信息，请参阅HTTP API文档。

如果你不想开发一个自定义主题或插件来启动Wordpress引擎，你可以在Wordpress根目录下的一个单独的PHP文件中执行以下操作:

require_once( dirname(__FILE__) . '/wp-load.php' );

// ... your code

它不会显示任何主题或输出任何HTML，只是hack away Wordpress api !

尝试PEAR的HTTP_Request2包来轻松地发送POST请求。或者，您可以使用PHP的curl函数或使用PHP流上下文。

HTTP_Request2还使模拟服务器成为可能，因此您可以轻松地对代码进行单元测试

我想补充一些关于Fred Tanrikut基于卷曲的回答的想法。我知道大部分问题已经写在上面的答案中，但我认为给出一个包括所有问题的答案是个好主意。

下面是我编写的基于curl进行HTTP-GET/POST/PUT/DELETE请求的类，只涉及响应体:

class HTTPRequester {
    /**
     * @description Make HTTP-GET call
     * @param       $url
     * @param       array $params
     * @return      HTTP-Response body or an empty string if the request fails or is empty
     */
    public static function HTTPGet($url, array $params) {
        $query = http_build_query($params); 
        $ch    = curl_init($url.'?'.$query);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
        $response = curl_exec($ch);
        curl_close($ch);
        return $response;
    }
    /**
     * @description Make HTTP-POST call
     * @param       $url
     * @param       array $params
     * @return      HTTP-Response body or an empty string if the request fails or is empty
     */
    public static function HTTPPost($url, array $params) {
        $query = http_build_query($params);
        $ch    = curl_init();
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $query);
        $response = curl_exec($ch);
        curl_close($ch);
        return $response;
    }
    /**
     * @description Make HTTP-PUT call
     * @param       $url
     * @param       array $params
     * @return      HTTP-Response body or an empty string if the request fails or is empty
     */
    public static function HTTPPut($url, array $params) {
        $query = \http_build_query($params);
        $ch    = \curl_init();
        \curl_setopt($ch, \CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
        \curl_setopt($ch, \CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
        \curl_setopt($ch, \CURLOPT_URL, $url);
        \curl_setopt($ch, \CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'PUT');
        \curl_setopt($ch, \CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $query);
        $response = \curl_exec($ch);
        \curl_close($ch);
        return $response;
    }
    /**
     * @category Make HTTP-DELETE call
     * @param    $url
     * @param    array $params
     * @return   HTTP-Response body or an empty string if the request fails or is empty
     */
    public static function HTTPDelete($url, array $params) {
        $query = \http_build_query($params);
        $ch    = \curl_init();
        \curl_setopt($ch, \CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
        \curl_setopt($ch, \CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
        \curl_setopt($ch, \CURLOPT_URL, $url);
        \curl_setopt($ch, \CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'DELETE');
        \curl_setopt($ch, \CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $query);
        $response = \curl_exec($ch);
        \curl_close($ch);
        return $response;
    }
}

改进

Using http_build_query to get the query-string out of an request-array.(you could also use the array itself, therefore see: http://php.net/manual/en/function.curl-setopt.php) Returning the response instead of echoing it. Btw you can avoid the returning by removing the line curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);. After that the return value is a boolean(true = request was successful otherwise an error occured) and the response is echoed. See: http://php.net/en/manual/function.curl-exec.php Clean session closing and deletion of the curl-handler by using curl_close. See: http://php.net/manual/en/function.curl-close.php Using boolean values for the curl_setopt function instead of using any number.(I know that any number not equal zero is also considered as true, but the usage of true generates a more readable code, but that's just my opinion) Ability to make HTTP-PUT/DELETE calls(useful for RESTful service testing)

用法示例

GET

$response = HTTPRequester::HTTPGet("http://localhost/service/foobar.php", array("getParam" => "foobar"));

POST

$response = HTTPRequester::HTTPPost("http://localhost/service/foobar.php", array("postParam" => "foobar"));

PUT

$response = HTTPRequester::HTTPPut("http://localhost/service/foobar.php", array("putParam" => "foobar"));

删除

$response = HTTPRequester::HTTPDelete("http://localhost/service/foobar.php", array("deleteParam" => "foobar"));

测试

您还可以通过使用这个简单的类来进行一些很酷的服务测试。

class HTTPRequesterCase extends TestCase {
    /**
     * @description test static method HTTPGet
     */
    public function testHTTPGet() {
        $requestArr = array("getLicenses" => 1);
        $url        = "http://localhost/project/req/licenseService.php";
        $this->assertEquals(HTTPRequester::HTTPGet($url, $requestArr), '[{"error":false,"val":["NONE","AGPL","GPLv3"]}]');
    }
    /**
     * @description test static method HTTPPost
     */
    public function testHTTPPost() {
        $requestArr = array("addPerson" => array("foo", "bar"));
        $url        = "http://localhost/project/req/personService.php";
        $this->assertEquals(HTTPRequester::HTTPPost($url, $requestArr), '[{"error":false}]');
    }
    /**
     * @description test static method HTTPPut
     */
    public function testHTTPPut() {
        $requestArr = array("updatePerson" => array("foo", "bar"));
        $url        = "http://localhost/project/req/personService.php";
        $this->assertEquals(HTTPRequester::HTTPPut($url, $requestArr), '[{"error":false}]');
    }
    /**
     * @description test static method HTTPDelete
     */
    public function testHTTPDelete() {
        $requestArr = array("deletePerson" => array("foo", "bar"));
        $url        = "http://localhost/project/req/personService.php";
        $this->assertEquals(HTTPRequester::HTTPDelete($url, $requestArr), '[{"error":false}]');
    }
}

我建议你使用开源包guzzle，它经过了完整的单元测试，并使用了最新的编码实践。

安装狂饮

转到项目文件夹中的命令行并键入以下命令(假设已经安装了包管理器编写器)。如果你需要如何安装Composer的帮助，你应该看看这里。

php composer.phar require guzzlehttp/guzzle

使用Guzzle发送POST请求

Guzzle的用法非常直接，因为它使用了一个轻量级的面向对象的API:

// Initialize Guzzle client
$client = new GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Create a POST request
$response = $client->request(
    'POST',
    'http://example.org/',
    [
        'form_params' => [
            'key1' => 'value1',
            'key2' => 'value2'
        ]
    ]
);

// Parse the response object, e.g. read the headers, body, etc.
$headers = $response->getHeaders();
$body = $response->getBody();

// Output headers and body for debugging purposes
var_dump($headers, $body);

我做了一个函数来请求一个使用JSON的帖子:

const FORMAT_CONTENT_LENGTH = 'Content-Length: %d';
const FORMAT_CONTENT_TYPE = 'Content-Type: %s';

const CONTENT_TYPE_JSON = 'application/json';
/**
 * @description Make a HTTP-POST JSON call
 * @param string $url
 * @param array $params
 * @return bool|string HTTP-Response body or an empty string if the request fails or is empty
 */
function HTTPJSONPost(string $url, array $params)
{
    $content = json_encode($params);
    $response = file_get_contents($url, false, // do not use_include_path
        stream_context_create([
            'http' => [
                'method' => 'POST',
                'header' => [ // header array does not need '\r\n'
                    sprintf(FORMAT_CONTENT_TYPE, CONTENT_TYPE_JSON),
                    sprintf(FORMAT_CONTENT_LENGTH, strlen($content)),
                ],
                'content' => $content
            ]
        ])); // no maxlength/offset
    if ($response === false) {
        return json_encode(['error' => 'Failed to get contents...']);
    }

    return $response;
}