stream_context_get_options

<?

$stream_or_context = stream_context_create();
$options = array("http" => array("method" => "POST"));

stream_context_set_option($stream_or_context, $options);

$return = stream_context_get_options($stream_or_context);

print_r($return);

?>

Array
(
    [http] => Array
        (
            [method] => POST
        )

)