(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
curl_exec — Perform a cURL session
Execute the given cURL session.
This function should be called after initializing a cURL session and all the options for the session are set.
handle
A cURL handle returned by curl_init().
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.
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.
Note:
Note that response status codes which indicate errors (such as
404 Not found
) are not regarded as failure. curl_getinfo() can be used to check for these.
Version | Description |
---|---|
8.0.0 | handle expects a CurlHandle instance now; previously, a resource was expected. |
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);
?>