HTTP authentication with file_get_contents() | PHP

php-streams.http-basic-auth.php

<?php
/**
 * Make an HTTP request with basic authentication, using 'pure PHP'.
 *
 * @see https://www.php.net/manual/en/wrappers.http.php
 * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Authentication
 */

$username = 'http_username';
$password = 'http_password';
$auth     = base64_encode( "{$username}:{$password}" );

$response = file_get_contents( 'http://some.url', false, stream_context_create( [
	'http' => [ 'header' => 'Authorization: Basic ' . $auth ]
] ) );