Php/docs/function.curl-close

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curl_close

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

curl_closeClose a cURL session


Description

curl_close ( CurlHandle $handle ) : void

Closes a cURL session and frees all resources. The cURL handle, handle, is also deleted.


Parameters

handle
A cURL handle returned by curl_init().


Return Values

No value is returned.


Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 handle expects a CurlHandle

instance now; previously, a resource was expected.


Examples

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

<?php// create a new cURL resource$ch = curl_init();// set URL and other appropriate optionscurl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.example.com/%22);curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);// grab URL and pass it to the browsercurl_exec($ch);// close cURL resource, and free up system resourcescurl_close($ch);?>

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