Using http_get php

Question

While using a certain API to extract information the docs suggest that I need to pass a URL to retrieve data. The data is returned in XML, however to receive it in JSON format HTTP Accept header value of 'application/json' should be specified.

I am trying to achieve this in PHP, e.g. the URL to retrieve information is http://www.example.com?someContent which returns data in XML.

I am currently using http_get function from PHP, however, it doesn't seem to be working at all.

Any suggestions on how can I extract information and then also request it in JSON format.

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Answer 1

Untested, but this should work. Set the headers option to an array of headers you want to use.

$response = http_get("http://www.example.com/?someContent", array(
  'headers' => array(
    'Accept' => 'application/json'
  )
), $info);

print_r($info);

http://php.net/manual/en/function.http-get.php

Answer 2

Try: $body = http_parse_message(http_get($url))->body; then you can use $body.

Alternatively, you can use cURL. Since the result is in JSON, you'll need to parse the XML then output as an array into the json_encode function.