Initialize a cURL session (original) (raw)

curl_init

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

curl_init — Initialize a cURL session

Description

curl_init ([ string $url = NULL ] ) : resource

Initializes a new session and return a cURL handle for use with thecurl_setopt(), curl_exec(), and curl_close() functions.

Parameters

url

If provided, the CURLOPT_URL option will be set to its value. You can manually set this using the curl_setopt() function.

Note:

The file protocol is disabled by cURL ifopen_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); ?>

See Also

• curl_close() - Close a cURL session
• curl_multi_init() - Returns a new cURL multi handle