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CURL_CLOSE(3)								 1							     CURL_CLOSE(3)

curl_close - Close a cURL session

SYNOPSIS
       void curl_close (resource  $ch)

DESCRIPTION
	Closes a cURL session and frees all resources. The cURL handle, $ch, is also deleted.

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

RETURN VALUES
	No value is returned.

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_init(3), curl_multi_close(3).

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