curl_setopt_array

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.3, PHP 7)

Set multiple options for a cURL transfer

bool curl_setopt_array ( resource $ch, array $options )

Sets multiple options for a cURL session. This function is useful for setting a large amount of cURL options without repetitively calling curl_setopt().

Parameters:

A cURL handle returned by curl_init().

options

An array specifying which options to set and their values. The keys should be valid curl_setopt() constants or their integer equivalents.

Returns:

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.

Notes:

As with curl_setopt(), 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.

Examples:

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);
?>

Our own implementation of curl_setopt_array()

Prior to PHP 5.1.3 this function can be simulated with:

<?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;
   }
}
?>