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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). PHP Documentation Group CURL_EXEC(3)

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CURL_MULTI_ADD_HANDLE(3)						 1						  CURL_MULTI_ADD_HANDLE(3)

curl_multi_add_handle - Add a normal cURL handle to a cURL multi handle

SYNOPSIS
int curl_multi_add_handle (resource $mh, resource $ch) DESCRIPTION
Adds the $ch handle to the multi handle $mh PARAMETERS
o $mh -A cURL multi handle returned by curl_multi_init(3). o $ch -A cURL handle returned by curl_init(3). RETURN VALUES
Returns 0 on success, or one of the CURLM_XXX errors code. EXAMPLES
Example #1 curl_multi_add_handle(3) example This example will create two cURL handles, add them to a multi handle, and process them asynchronously. <?php // create both cURL resources $ch1 = curl_init(); $ch2 = curl_init(); // set URL and other appropriate options curl_setopt($ch1, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.example.com/"); curl_setopt($ch1, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0); curl_setopt($ch2, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.php.net/"); curl_setopt($ch2, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0); //create the multiple cURL handle $mh = curl_multi_init(); //add the two handles curl_multi_add_handle($mh,$ch1); curl_multi_add_handle($mh,$ch2); $running=null; //execute the handles do { curl_multi_exec($mh,$running); } while($running > 0); //close all the handles curl_multi_remove_handle($mh, $ch1); curl_multi_remove_handle($mh, $ch2); curl_multi_close($mh); ?> SEE ALSO
curl_multi_remove_handle(3), curl_multi_init(3), curl_init(3). PHP Documentation Group CURL_MULTI_ADD_HANDLE(3)
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