Index: t3lib/class.t3lib_div.php
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--- t3lib/class.t3lib_div.php	(revision 9198)
+++ t3lib/class.t3lib_div.php	(working copy)
@@ -2952,14 +2952,54 @@
 				return false;
 			}
 			$method = ($includeHeader == 2) ? 'HEAD' : 'GET';
+			$msgPart2 = '';
+			if (!is_null($postFields)) {
+				$method = 'POST';
+				$boundary = '----------' . uniqid('part_');
+				if (is_array($postFields)) {
+						// array, so make request headers
+					if ($requestHeaders === FALSE) {
+							// if no request headers are given an array is started
+						$requestHeaders = array();
+					}
+						// setup the headers
+					$msgPart2 .= CRLF . 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data, boundary=' . $boundary;
+					$requestHeaders[] = '';
+				    foreach ($postFields as $fieldName => $fieldValue) {
+					    $requestHeaders[] = '--' . $boundary;
+				        $requestHeaders[] = 'Content-Disposition: form-data; name="' . $fieldName . '"';
+				        $requestHeaders[] = '';
+				        $requestHeaders[] = $fieldValue;
+				    }
+				    $requestHeaders[] = '--' . $boundary . '--';
+				} else if (t3lib_div::isFirstPartOfStr($postFields, '@')) {
+						// file upload
+					$msgPart2 .= CRLF . 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data, boundary=' . $boundary;
+					$requestHeaders[] = '';
+					$filename = substr($postFields, 1);
+					$requestHeaders[] = '--' . $boundary;
+				    $requestHeaders[] = 'Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fileupload"; filename="' . basename($filename) . '"';
+				    $requestHeaders[] = 'Content-Type: application/octet-stream';
+				    $requestHeaders[] = '';
+				    $requestHeaders[] = self::getURL($filename);
+				    $requestHeaders[] = '--' . $boundary . '--';
+				} else {
+						// as query string
+					$msgPart2 .= CRLF . 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded';
+					$requestHeaders[] = '';
+				    $requestHeaders[] = $postFields;
+				}
+			}
 			$msg = $method . ' ' . $parsedURL['path'] .
 					($parsedURL['query'] ? '?' . $parsedURL['query'] : '') .
 					' HTTP/1.0' . CRLF . 'Host: ' .
-					$parsedURL['host'] . "\r\nConnection: close\r\n";
+					$parsedURL['host'] . CRLF . "Connection: close";
+			$msgPart3 = '';
 			if (is_array($requestHeaders))	{
-				$msg .= implode(CRLF, $requestHeaders) . CRLF;
+				$msgPart3 .= CRLF . implode(CRLF, $requestHeaders) . CRLF;
+			    $msgPart2 .= CRLF . 'Content-Length: ' . strlen($msgPart3);
 			}
-			$msg .= CRLF;
+			$msg .= $msgPart2 . $msgPart3 . CRLF . CRLF;
 
 			fputs($fp, $msg);
 			while (!feof($fp))	{
@@ -3006,6 +3046,59 @@
 				$report['error'] = $phpError['type'];
 				$report['message'] = $phpError['message'];
 			}
+		} else if (!is_null($postFields)) {
+			if (isset($report))	{
+				$report['lib'] = 'file/context';
+			}
+			$parsedURL = parse_url($url);
+			if (!preg_match('/^https?/', $parsedURL['scheme']))	{
+				if (isset($report))	{
+					$report['error'] = -1;
+					$report['message'] = 'Sending POST headers is not allowed for this protocol.';
+				}
+				return false;
+			}
+			$boundary = '----------' . uniqid('part_');
+			$dataLines = array();
+			if (is_array($postFields)) {
+					// setup the headers
+				$header .= 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data, boundary=' . $boundary;
+			    foreach ($postFields as $fieldName => $fieldValue) {
+				    $dataLines[] = '--' . $boundary;
+			        $dataLines[] = 'Content-Disposition: form-data; name="' . $fieldName . '"';
+			        $dataLines[] = '';
+			        $dataLines[] = $fieldValue;
+			    }
+			    $dataLines[] = '--' . $boundary . '--';
+			} else if (t3lib_div::isFirstPartOfStr($postFields, '@')) {
+					// file upload
+				$header .= 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data, boundary=' . $boundary;
+				$filename = substr($postFields, 1);
+				$dataLines[] = '--' . $boundary;
+			    $dataLines[] = 'Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fileupload"; filename="' . basename($filename) . '"';
+			    $dataLines[] = 'Content-Type: application/octet-stream';
+			    $dataLines[] = '';
+			    $dataLines[] = self::getURL($filename);
+			    $dataLines[] = '--' . $boundary . '--';
+			} else {
+					// as query string
+				$header .= 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded';
+			    $dataLines[] = $postFields;
+			}
+			$ctx = stream_context_create(array(
+						'http' => array(
+							'method' => 'POST',
+							'header' => $header,
+							'content' => implode(CRLF, $dataLines),
+						)
+					)
+				);
+			$content = @file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
+			if ($content === false && isset($report)) {
+				$phpError = error_get_last();
+				$report['error'] = $phpError['type'];
+				$report['message'] = $phpError['message'];
+			}
 		} else	{
 			if (isset($report))	{
 				$report['lib'] = 'file';