When making a PHP API request, use `curl` to receive the response as an array. Language Notes PHP
This isn't particularly complex code; I previously used `file_get_contents`, but the overall performance felt suboptimal. I remember having published a similar article before – I'd forgotten about it – so I'll document it again here. This example uses the cURL library to send an HTTP request with several options configured: `CURLOPT_URL`: Sets the URL for the request; `CURLOPT_TIMEOUT`: Sets the request timeout duration (in seconds)...