(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5, PHP 7)
Perform a cURL session
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().
Returns:
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.
Warning
This function may return Boolean FALSE
, but may also return a non-Boolean value which evaluates to FALSE
. Please read the section on Booleans for more information. Use the === operator for testing the return value of this function.
Examples:
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); ?>
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