PHP curl_init function
curl_init
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5)
curl_init -- Initialize a cURL sessionDescriptionresource curl_init ( [string url] )
Initializes a new session and return a cURL handle for use with the
curl_setopt(), curl_exec(),
and curl_close() functions.
url
If provided, the CURLOPT_URL option will be set
to its value. You can manually set this using the
curl_setopt() function.
Return Values
Returns a cURL handle on success, FALSE on errors.
Example 1.
Initializing a new cURL session and fetching a web page
$ch = curl_init();
// set URL and other appropriate options
curl_setopt($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()curl_multi_init()
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