PHP curl_exec Function

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(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5)

curl_exec — Execute a cURL session

Description

mixed curl_exec ( resource $ch )

Execute the given cURL session.

This function should be called after initializing a cURL session and setting all options.

Parameters

ch

The cURL handle returned by curl_init().

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. However, if the CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER option is set, the function returns the result of the execution on success, or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Fetch a web page

<?php
// 创建一个cURL资源
$ch = curl_init();

// 设置URL和相应的选项
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.w3cschool.cc/");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);

// 抓取URL并把它传递给浏览器
curl_exec($ch);

// 关闭cURL资源，并且释放系统资源
curl_close($ch);
?>

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