php man page for curl_exec

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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