curl_init(3) [php man page]

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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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).

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