php man page for curl_setopt_array

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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