PHP HTTP-Request - php

Question

I have MAMP Pro installed running php 5.2.13. When I try to initialize a HTTP-Request
$r = new HttpRequest('http://example.com/', HttpRequest::METH_GET);
it tells me:
"Class 'HttpRequest' not found in ...".
What do I need to do to 'install(?)' it?

Answer 1

You must enable http extension:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/http.setup.php
Or you can try new HTTP_Request2:
sudo pear install --alldeps HTTP_Request2-alpha
And then:
$req = new HTTP_Request2('your.url');
$req->setMethod('POST');
$req->setHeader("content-type", $mimeType);
$req->setBody('');
$response = $req->send();

Answer 2

Contemporary Answer for MAMP 2.0 and HTTP_Request2:
Go into your MAMP/bin/php/php5.3.6/bin/ and run
./pear install --alldeps HTTP_Request2
Restart your server and test with the following code, from the PEAR repository:
<?php
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new HTTP_Request2('http://pear.php.net/', HTTP_Request2::METHOD_GET);
try {
$response = $request->send();
if (200 == $response->getStatus()) {
echo $response->getBody();
} else {
echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' .
$response->getReasonPhrase();
}
} catch (HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) {
echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}
?>
Don't forget the require_once statement!

Answer 3

You need to enable the extension ...
add the following to your php.ini
extension = php_http.dll
Apparently that was asked a lot:
http://php.bigresource.com/Track/php-33sNme7A/