The curl_init() will initialize a new session
and return a CURL handle for use with the
curl_setopt(), curl_exec(),
and curl_close() functions. If the optional
url parameter is supplied then the
CURLOPT_URL option will be set to the value of the parameter.
You can manually set this using the
curl_setopt() function.
Example 1.
Initializing a new CURL session and fetching a webpage
<?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); ?>
