How does one POST a binary file stored locally using php-curl?

Question

I wish to issue the following curl request using php-curl:

curl "http://www.example.com/" -F "[email protected]"

How do I need to set this up in PHP (using curl_init, _setopt, etc.), assuming foo.ext lives on the machine from which I'm issuing the request?

Marc B · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-17 21:47:55Z

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you'd use

curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_POST, TRUE);
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, array('file' => '@foo.ext'));

plus whatever options you need. Relevant docs here: http://php.net/curl_setopt

answered Apr 25, 2012 at 19:50

Marc B

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Looks like I didn't scour that document closely enough last time I looked. Thanks for the quick answer!

The '@' sign should precede the file name, not the parameter name. See here.

Right you are, Pang. Can you edit your answer for posterity, Marc?