Using cURL in PHP

Syntax

• resource curl_init ([ string $url = NULL ] )
• bool curl_setopt ( resource $ch , int $option , mixed $value )
• bool curl_setopt_array ( resource $ch, array $options )
• mixed curl_exec ( resource $ch )
• void curl_close ( resource $ch )

Parameters

Parameter | Details | ——— | —–– |curl_init | – Initialize a cURL session | url | The url to be used in the cURL request |curl_setopt | – Set an option for a cURL transfer | ch | The cURL handle (return value from curl_init()) | option | CURLOPT_XXX to be set - see PHP documentation for the list of options and acceptable values | value | The value to be set on the cURL handle for the given option |curl_exec | – Perform a cURL session | ch | The cURL handle (return value from curl_init()) |curl_close | – Close a cURL session | ch | The cURL handle (return value from curl_init()) |