Title: Requests::patch
Published: August 16, 2016
Last modified: November 2, 2022

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# Requests::patch( $url,  $headers,  $data = array(),  $options = array() )

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests/patch/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests/patch/?output_format=md#source)

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Send a PATCH request

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests/patch/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

Note: Unlike post and put, `$headers` is required, as the specification recommends
that should send an ETag

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests/patch/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-requests.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-requests.php#L294)

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