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# HttpRequest::send

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HttpRequest::send -- Send request

## Description

publicHttpMessage HttpRequest::send ( void )

Send the HTTP request.

> Note: While an exception may be thrown, the transfer could have succeeded at least partially, so you might want to check the return values of various HttpRequest::getResponse*() methods.

## Return Values

Returns the received response as HttpMessage object.

## Errors/Exceptions

Throws HttpRuntimeException, HttpRequestException, HttpMalformedHeaderException, HttpEncodingException.

## Examples

Example 1. GET example

`<?php $r = new HttpRequest('http://example.com/feed.rss', HttpRequest::METH_GET); $r->setOptions(array('lastmodified' => filemtime('local.rss'))); $r->addQueryData(array('category' => 3)); try { $r->send(); if ($r->getResponseCode() == 200) { file_put_contents('local.rss', $r->getResponseBody()); } } catch (HttpException $ex) { echo $ex; } ?>`

Example 2. POST example

`<?php $r = new HttpRequest('http://example.com/form.php', HttpRequest::METH_POST); $r->setOptions(array('cookies' => array('lang' => 'de'))); $r->addPostFields(array('user' => 'mike', 'pass' => 's3c|r3t')); $r->addPostFile('image', 'profile.jpg', 'image/jpeg'); try { echo $r->send()->getBody(); } catch (HttpException $ex) { echo $ex; } ?>`

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