curl-init

curl_init

Initialize a cURL session

ENTITY

CurlHandle

false

curl_init

string

null

url

ENTITY

Initializes a new session and returns a cURL handle.

ENTITY

url
If provided, the CURLOPT_URL option will be set to its value. This can be set manually using the curl_setopt function.

ENTITY

Returns a cURL handle on success, ENTITY on errors.

ENTITY

ENTITY

<?php

// Initializes a new cURL session
$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);

?>

    

ENTITY

curl_multi_init