curl_init
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5)
curl_init — Initialize a cURL session
Description
resource curl_init
([ string
$url = NULL
] )Initializes a new session and return a cURL handle for use with the curl_setopt(), curl_exec(), and curl_close() functions.
Parameters
-
url -
If provided, the
CURLOPT_URLoption will be set to its value. You can manually set this using the curl_setopt() function.Note:
The file protocol is disabled by cURL if open_basedir is set.
Return Values
Returns a cURL handle on success, FALSE on errors.
Examples
Example #1 Initializing a new cURL session and fetching a web page
<?php
// create a new cURL resource
$ch = curl_init();
// set URL and other appropriate options
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.example.com/");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
// grab URL and pass it to the browser
curl_exec($ch);
// close cURL resource, and free up system resources
curl_close($ch);
?>
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