Description
resource 
stream_context_get_default ( [array options] )
     Returns the default stream context which is used whenever file operations
     (fopen(), file_get_contents(), etc...)
     are called without a context parameter.  Options for the default context
     can optionally be specified with this function using the same syntax as
     stream_context_create().
    
     options must be an associative 
     array of associative arrays in the format 
     $arr['wrapper']['option'] = $value.
    
| Example 1. Using stream_context_get_default() | 
<?php$default_opts = array(
 'http'=>array(
 'method'=>"GET",
 'header'=>"Accept-language: en\r\n" .
 "Cookie: foo=bar",
 'proxy'=>"tcp://10.54.1.39:8000"
 )
 );
 
 
 $alternate_opts = array(
 'http'=>array(
 'method'=>"POST",
 'header'=>"Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n" .
 "Content-length: " . strlen("baz=bomb"),
 'content'=>"baz=bomb"
 )
 );
 
 $default = stream_context_get_default($default_opts);
 $alternate = stream_context_create($alternate_opts);
 
 /* Sends a regular GET request to proxy server at 10.54.1.39
 * For www.example.com using context options specified in $default_opts
 */
 readfile('http://www.example.com');
 
 /* Sends a POST request directly to www.example.com
 * Using context options specified in $alternate_opts
 */
 readfile('http://www.example.com', false, $alternate);
 
 ?>
 | 
 | 
     See also
     stream_context_create(), and
     Listing of supported wrappers with context options (Appendix M).