Open an internet connection or Unix domain socket connection.
$fp = fsockopen("www.example.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30); if(!$fp){ echo "$errstr ($errno)<br>\n"; } else { $out = "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n"; $out .= "Host: www.example.com\r\n"; $out .= "Connection: Close\r\n\r\n"; fwrite($fp, $out); while (!feof($fp)){ echo fget($fp, 128); } fclose($fp); }