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<div id="function.curl-init" class="refentry">
<div class="refnamediv">
<h1 class="refname">curl_init</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">curl_init</span> — <span class="dc-title">Initialize a cURL session</span></p>
</div>
<a name="function.curl-init.description"></a><div class="refsect1 description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><b>curl_init</b></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <tt class="parameter">$url</tt><span class="initializer"> = NULL</span></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Initializes a new session and return a cURL handle for use with the
<a href="function.curl-setopt.php" class="function">curl_setopt()</a>, <a href="function.curl-exec.php" class="function">curl_exec()</a>,
and <a href="function.curl-close.php" class="function">curl_close()</a> functions.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.curl-init.parameters"></a><div class="refsect1 parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><dl>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">url</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
If provided, the <b><tt class="constant">CURLOPT_URL</tt></b> option will be set
to its value. You can manually set this using the
<a href="function.curl-setopt.php" class="function">curl_setopt()</a> function.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.curl-init.returnvalues"></a><div class="refsect1 returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns a cURL handle on success, <b><tt class="constant">FALSE</tt></b> on errors.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.curl-init.examples"></a><div class="refsect1 examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><div class="example">
<p><b>Example #1
Initializing a new cURL session and fetching a web page
</b></p>
<div class="example-contents programlisting">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// create a new cURL resource<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_init</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// set URL and other appropriate options<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_setopt</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">CURLOPT_URL</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"http://www.example.com/"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_setopt</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">CURLOPT_HEADER</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// grab URL and pass it to the browser<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_exec</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// close cURL resource, and free up system resources<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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</div><p>
</p>
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<a name="function.curl-init.seealso"></a><div class="refsect1 seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"><a href="function.curl-close.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">curl_close()</a> - Close a cURL session</li>
<li class="member"><a href="function.curl-multi-init.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">curl_multi_init()</a> - Returns a new cURL multi handle</li>
</ul><p>
</p>
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