Perform a cURL session (original) (raw)

curl_exec

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5, PHP 7)

curl_exec — Perform a cURL session

Description

curl_exec ( resource $ch ) : mixed

Execute the given cURL session.

This function should be called after initializing a cURL session and all the options for the session are set.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. However, if the CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER option is set, it will return the result on success, FALSE on failure.

Warning

This function may return Boolean FALSE, but may also return a non-Boolean value which evaluates to FALSE. Please read the section on Booleans for more information. Use the === operator for testing the return value of this function.

Note:

Note that response status codes which indicate errors (such as 404 Not found) are not regarded as failure.curl_getinfo() can be used to check for these.

Examples

Example #1 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); ?>