PHP curl_multi_init function

(PHP 5)

curl_multi_init — Returns a new cURL batch handle

illustrate

 resource curl_multi_init ( void )

Allows processing of batched cURL handles in parallel.

parameter

This function has no parameters.

return value

Returns a cURL batch handle on success, or FALSE on failure.

Example

This example will create 2 cURL handles, add them to a batch handler, and run them in parallel.

 <?php// Create a pair of cURL resources $ch1 = curl_init();$ch2 = curl_init();// Set the URL and corresponding options curl_setopt($ch1, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.example.com/ ");curl_setopt($ch1, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);curl_setopt($ch2, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.php.net/");curl_setopt($ch2, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);//Create batch cURL handle $mh = curl_multi_init();// Add 2 handles curl_multi_add_handle($mh,$ch1);curl_multi_add_handle($mh,$ch2);$running=null;//Execute batch handle do { usleep(10000); curl_multi_exec($mh,$running);} while ($running > 0);//Close all handles curl_multi_remove_handle($mh, $ch1);curl_multi_remove_handle($mh, $ch2);curl_multi_close($mh);?>