curl_exec

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5)

curl_exec — Perform a cURL session

Description

mixed curl_exec ( resource $ch )

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

ch: A cURL handle returned by curl_init().

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);

?>

curl_exec

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