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