Put data in php://input from command line

Question

I have a little PHP script that reads from php://input. With my command line I can run the script but I don't know how to "fill" the php://input.

I tryed using php file.php < my_test_data but it fills the php://stdin not the php://input

The script could be summarized in this:

<?php echo file_get_contents('php://input'); ?>

I don't think it's possible; php://input takes its data from $_POST request (which you won't be able to fill in the command line - unless you do real requests with something like wget or curl). — raina77ow
– raina77ow, Commented Dec 24, 2015 at 17:14

Barmar · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-24 17:35:33Z

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php://input only works for scripts run from the webserver.

When CLI scripts need to access standard input, they use php://stdin, or the already opened stream STDIN:

<?php echo file_get_contents('php://stdin'); ?>

or

<?php echo stream_get_contents(STDIN); ?>

answered Dec 24, 2015 at 17:35

Barmar

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