PHP curl_exec function

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5)

curl_exec — Execute a cURL session

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 mixed curl_exec (resource $ch)

Execute the given cURL session.

This function should be called after a cURL session has been initialized and all options have been set.

parameter

ch

The cURL handle returned by curl_init().

return value

Returns TRUE on success, or FALSE on failure. However, if the CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER option is set, the function will return the execution result if it succeeds, and FALSE if it fails.

Example

Get a web page

 <?php// Create a cURL resource $ch = curl_init();// Set the URL and corresponding options curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.w3cschool.cc/"); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);// Grab the URL and pass it to the browser curl_exec($ch);// Close cURL resources and release system resources curl_close($ch);?>