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WP_Http::post( string $url, string|array $args = array() )

Uses the POST HTTP method.

Description

Used for sending data that is expected to be in the body.

Parameters

$url

(string) (Required) The request URL.

$args

(string|array) (Optional) Override the defaults.

Default value: array()

Return

(array|WP_Error) Array containing 'headers', 'body', 'response', 'cookies', 'filename'. A WP_Error instance upon error.

Source

File: wp-includes/class-http.php 

public function post( $url, $args = array() ) {
		$defaults    = array( 'method' => 'POST' );
		$parsed_args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
		return $this->request( $url, $parsed_args );
	}

Uses

Uses Description
wp-includes/class-http.php: WP_Http::request()

Send an HTTP request to a URI.
wp-includes/functions.php: wp_parse_args()

Merge user defined arguments into defaults array.

Changelog

Version Description
2.7.0 Introduced.

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https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_http/post