php man page for curl_init

CURL_INIT(3)								 1							      CURL_INIT(3)

curl_init - Initialize a cURL session

SYNOPSIS
       resource curl_init NULL ([string  $url])

DESCRIPTION
	Initializes a new session and return a cURL handle for use with the curl_setopt(3), curl_exec(3), and curl_close(3) functions.

PARAMETERS
	      o $url
		- If provided, the CURLOPT_URL option will be set to its value. You can manually set this using the curl_setopt(3) function.

	      Note

		      The file protocol is disabled by cURL if open_basedir is set.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns a cURL handle on success, FALSE on errors.

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
	      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_close(3), curl_multi_init(3).

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