Php/docs/function.curl-init
curl_init
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5, PHP 7)
curl_init — Initialize a cURL session
Description
curl_init
([ string|null $url = NULL
] ) : CurlHandle|false
Initializes a new session and return a cURL handle for use with the curl_setopt(), curl_exec(), and curl_close() functions.
Parameters
urlIf provided, the
CURLOPT_URLoption will be set to its value. You can manually set this using the curl_setopt() function.Note:
The
fileprotocol is disabled by cURL if open_basedir is set.
Return Values
Returns a cURL handle on success, FALSE on errors.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 | On success, this function returns a CurlHandle instance now;
previously, a resource was returned. |
| 8.0.0 | url is nullable now.
|
Examples
Example #1 Initializing a new cURL session and fetching a web page
<?php// create a new cURL resource$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);?>
