Gets cURL version information (original) (raw)

curl_version

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

curl_version — Gets cURL version information

Description

curl_version ([ int $age = CURLVERSION_NOW ] ) : array

Return Values

Returns an associative array with the following elements:

Key Value description
version_number cURL 24 bit version number
version cURL version number, as a string
ssl_version_number OpenSSL 24 bit version number
ssl_version OpenSSL version number, as a string
libz_version zlib version number, as a string
host Information about the host where cURL was built
age
features A bitmask of the CURL_VERSION_XXX constants
protocols An array of protocols names supported by cURL

Examples

Example #1 curl_version() example

This example will check which features that's available in cURL build by using the 'features' bitmask returned by curl_version().

`<?php
// Get curl version array
$version = curl_version();// These are the bitfields that can be used
// to check for features in the curl build
$bitfields = Array(
'CURL_VERSION_IPV6',
'CURL_VERSION_KERBEROS4',
'CURL_VERSION_SSL',
'CURL_VERSION_LIBZ'
);

foreach( bitfieldsasbitfields as bitfieldsasfeature)
{
echo feature.(feature . (feature.(version['features'] & constant($feature) ? ' matches' : ' does not match');
echo PHP_EOL;
}
?> `