file_get_contents from url that is only accessible after log-in to website

Question

I would like to make a php script that can capture a page from a website. Think file_get_contents($url).

However, this website requires that you fill in a u

Answer 1

The http pecl extension can do it, also PEAR::HTTP_Client, Snoopy and many many other libraries/classes. If you (for whatever reason) you want to achieved this with file_get_contents, you can use the stream context options for the http wrapper to set POST and cookie parameters and stream_get_meta_data to read the response headers including the cookies.