stream_context_set_default Set the default streams context &reftitle.description; resourcestream_context_set_default arrayoptions Set the default stream context which will be used whenever file operations (fopen, file_get_contents, etc...) are called without a context parameter. Uses the same syntax as stream_context_create. &reftitle.parameters; options The options to set for the default context. options must be an associative array of associative arrays in the format $arr['wrapper']['option'] = $value. &reftitle.returnvalues; Returns the default stream context. &reftitle.examples; <function>stream_context_set_default</function> example array( 'method'=>"GET", 'header'=>"Accept-language: en\r\n" . "Cookie: foo=bar", 'proxy'=>"tcp://10.54.1.39:8000" ) ); $default = stream_context_set_default($default_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'); ?> ]]> &reftitle.seealso; stream_context_create stream_context_get_default Listing of supported wrappers with context options ().