Basic curl example (original) (raw)

Once you've compiled PHP with cURL support, you can begin using the cURL functions. The basic idea behind the cURL functions is that you initialize a cURL session using thecurl_init(), then you can set all your options for the transfer via the curl_setopt(), then you can execute the session with the curl_exec() and then you finish off your session using the curl_close(). Here is an example that uses the cURL functions to fetch the example.com homepage into a file:

Example #1 Using PHP's cURL module to fetch the example.com homepage

`<?php

$ch

= curl_init("http://www.example.com/"); fp=fopen("examplehomepage.txt","w");curlsetopt(fp = fopen("example_homepage.txt", "w");curl_setopt(fp=fopen("exampleh​omepage.txt","w");curls​etopt(ch, CURLOPT_FILE, $fp);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);curl_exec($ch);
if(curl_error($ch)) {
fwrite($fp, curl_error($ch));
}
curl_close($ch);
fclose($fp);
?> `