PHP curl_init function

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curl_init

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5)

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

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

Returns a cURL handle on success, FALSE on errors.

Example 1.
Initializing a new cURL session and fetching a web page

// 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);