curl_exec(3) [php man page]

CURL_EXEC(3)								 1							      CURL_EXEC(3)

curl_exec - Perform a cURL session

SYNOPSIS

       mixed curl_exec (resource  $ch)

DESCRIPTION

	Execute the given cURL session.

	This function should be called after initializing a cURL session and all the options for the session are set.

PARAMETERS

	      o $ch
		-A cURL handle returned by curl_init(3).

RETURN VALUES

	Returns  TRUE  on success or FALSE on failure. However, if the CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER option is set, it will return the result on success,
       FALSE on failure.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      Fetching a web page

	      <?php
	      // create a new cURL resource
	      $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_multi_exec(3).

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CURL_SETOPT_ARRAY(3)							 1						      CURL_SETOPT_ARRAY(3)

curl_setopt_array - Set multiple options for a cURL transfer

SYNOPSIS

       bool curl_setopt_array (resource  $ch, array  $options)

DESCRIPTION

	Sets  multiple options for a cURL session. This function is useful for setting a large amount of cURL options without repetitively calling
       curl_setopt(3).

PARAMETERS

	      o $ch
		-A cURL handle returned by curl_init(3).

	      o $options
		- An array specifying which options to set and their values. The keys should be valid curl_setopt(3) constants	or  their  integer
		equivalents.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns TRUE if all options were successfully set. If an option could not be successfully set, FALSE is immediately returned, ignoring any
       future options in the $options array.

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 options
	      $options = array(CURLOPT_URL => 'http://www.example.com/',
			       CURLOPT_HEADER => false
			      );

	      curl_setopt_array($ch, $options);

	      // grab URL and pass it to the browser
	      curl_exec($ch);

	      // close cURL resource, and free up system resources
	      curl_close($ch);
	      ?>

	Prior to PHP 5.1.3 this function can be simulated with:

       Example #2

	      Our own implementation of curl_setopt_array(3)

	      <?php
	      if (!function_exists('curl_setopt_array')) {
		 function curl_setopt_array(&$ch, $curl_options)
		 {
		     foreach ($curl_options as $option => $value) {
			 if (!curl_setopt($ch, $option, $value)) {
			     return false;
			 }
		     }
		     return true;
		 }
	      }
	      ?>

NOTES

       Note

	       As with curl_setopt(3), passing an array to CURLOPT_POST will encode the data as multipart/form-data, while passing  a  URL-encoded
	      string will encode the data as application/x-www-form-urlencoded.

SEE ALSO

       curl_setopt(3).

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