(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
curl_setopt — Set an option for a cURL transfer
Sets an option on the given cURL session handle.
handle
A cURL handle returned by curl_init().
option
       The CURLOPT_XXX option to set.
      
value
       The value to be set on option.
      
       value should be a bool for the
       following values of the option parameter:
       
| Option | Set valueto | Notes | 
|---|---|---|
| CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER | trueto automatically set theReferer:field in
            requests where it follows aLocation:redirect. | |
| CURLOPT_COOKIESESSION | trueto mark this as a new cookie "session". It will force libcurl
            to ignore all cookies it is about to load that are "session cookies"
            from the previous session. By default, libcurl always stores and
            loads all cookies, independent if they are session cookies or not.
            Session cookies are cookies without expiry date and they are meant
            to be alive and existing for this "session" only. | |
| CURLOPT_CERTINFO | trueto output SSL certification information toSTDERRon secure transfers. | Added in cURL 7.19.1.
            Requires CURLOPT_VERBOSEto be on to have an effect. | 
| CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY | truetells the library to perform all the required proxy authentication 
            and connection setup, but no data transfer. This option is implemented for 
            HTTP, SMTP and POP3. | Added in 7.15.2. | 
| CURLOPT_CRLF | trueto convert Unix newlines to CRLF newlines
            on transfers. | |
| CURLOPT_DISALLOW_USERNAME_IN_URL | trueto not allow URLs that include a username. Usernames are allowed by default (0). | Added in cURL 7.61.0. Available since PHP 7.3.0. | 
| CURLOPT_DNS_SHUFFLE_ADDRESSES | trueto shuffle the order of all returned addresses so that they will be used 
            in a random order, when a name is resolved and more than one IP address is returned.
            This may cause IPv4 to be used before IPv6 or vice versa. | Added in cURL 7.60.0. Available since PHP 7.3.0. | 
| CURLOPT_HAPROXYPROTOCOL | trueto send an HAProxy PROXY protocol v1 header at the start of the connection.
            The default action is not to send this header. | Added in cURL 7.60.0. Available since PHP 7.3.0. | 
| CURLOPT_SSH_COMPRESSION | trueto enable built-in SSH compression. This is a request, not an order; 
            the server may or may not do it. | Added in cURL 7.56.0. Available since PHP 7.3.0. | 
| CURLOPT_DNS_USE_GLOBAL_CACHE | trueto use a global DNS cache. This option is not thread-safe.
            It is conditionally enabled by default if PHP is built for non-threaded use
            (CLI, FCGI, Apache2-Prefork, etc.). | |
| CURLOPT_FAILONERROR | trueto fail verbosely if the HTTP code returned
            is greater than or equal to 400. The default behavior is to return
            the page normally, ignoring the code. | |
| CURLOPT_SSL_FALSESTART | trueto enable TLS false start. | Added in cURL 7.42.0. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_FILETIME | trueto attempt to retrieve the modification
            date of the remote document. This value can be retrieved using
            theCURLINFO_FILETIMEoption with
            curl_getinfo(). | |
| CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION | trueto follow any"Location: "header that the server sends as
            part of the HTTP header.
            See alsoCURLOPT_MAXREDIRS. | |
| CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE | trueto force the connection to explicitly
            close when it has finished processing, and not be pooled for reuse. | |
| CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT | trueto force the use of a new connection
            instead of a cached one. | |
| CURLOPT_FTP_USE_EPRT | trueto use EPRT (and LPRT) when doing active
            FTP downloads. Usefalseto disable EPRT and LPRT and use PORT
            only. | |
| CURLOPT_FTP_USE_EPSV | trueto first try an EPSV command for FTP
            transfers before reverting back to PASV. Set tofalseto disable EPSV. | |
| CURLOPT_FTP_CREATE_MISSING_DIRS | trueto create missing directories when an FTP operation
            encounters a path that currently doesn't exist. | |
| CURLOPT_FTPAPPEND | trueto append to the remote file instead of
            overwriting it. | |
| CURLOPT_TCP_NODELAY | trueto disable TCP's Nagle algorithm, which tries to minimize
            the number of small packets on the network. | Available for versions compiled with libcurl 7.11.2 or greater. | 
| CURLOPT_FTPASCII | An alias of CURLOPT_TRANSFERTEXT. Use that instead. | |
| CURLOPT_FTPLISTONLY | trueto only list the names of an FTP
            directory. | |
| CURLOPT_HEADER | trueto include the header in the output. | |
| CURLINFO_HEADER_OUT | trueto track the handle's request string. | The CURLINFO_prefix is intentional. | 
| CURLOPT_HTTP09_ALLOWED  | Whether to allow HTTP/0.9 responses. Defaults to falseas of libcurl 7.66.0;
            formerly it defaulted totrue. | Available since PHP 7.3.15 and 7.4.3, respectively, if built against libcurl >= 7.64.0 | 
| CURLOPT_HTTPGET | trueto reset the HTTP request method to GET.
            Since GET is the default, this is only necessary if the request
            method has been changed. | |
| CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL | trueto tunnel through a given HTTP proxy. | |
| CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING | falseto get the raw HTTP response body. | Available if built against libcurl >= 7.16.2. | 
| CURLOPT_KEEP_SENDING_ON_ERROR | trueto keep sending the request body if the HTTP code returned is 
            equal to or larger than 300. The default action would be to stop sending
            and close the stream or connection. Suitable for manual NTLM authentication.
            Most applications do not need this option. | Available as of PHP 7.3.0 if built against libcurl >= 7.51.0. | 
| CURLOPT_MUTE | trueto be completely silent with regards to
            the cURL functions. | Removed in cURL 7.15.5 (You can use CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER instead) | 
| CURLOPT_NETRC | trueto scan the ~/.netrc
            file to find a username and password for the remote site that
            a connection is being established with. | |
| CURLOPT_NOBODY | trueto exclude the body from the output.
            Request method is then set to HEAD. Changing this tofalsedoes
            not change it to GET. | |
| CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS | 
             
 | |
| CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL | trueto ignore any cURL function that causes a
            signal to be sent to the PHP process. This is turned on by default
            in multi-threaded SAPIs so timeout options can still be used. | Added in cURL 7.10. | 
| CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS | trueto not handle dot dot sequences. | Added in cURL 7.42.0. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_PIPEWAIT | trueto wait for pipelining/multiplexing. | Added in cURL 7.43.0. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_POST | trueto do a regular HTTP POST. This POST is the
            normalapplication/x-www-form-urlencodedkind,
            most commonly used by HTML forms. | |
| CURLOPT_PUT | trueto HTTP PUT a file. The file to PUT must
            be set withCURLOPT_INFILEandCURLOPT_INFILESIZE. | |
| CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER | trueto return the transfer as a string of the
            return value of curl_exec() instead of outputting
            it directly. | |
| CURLOPT_SASL_IR | trueto enable sending the initial response in the first packet. | Added in cURL 7.31.10. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_SSL_ENABLE_ALPN | falseto disable ALPN in the SSL handshake (if the SSL backend
            libcurl is built to use supports it), which can be used to
            negotiate http2. | Added in cURL 7.36.0. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_SSL_ENABLE_NPN | falseto disable NPN in the SSL handshake (if the SSL backend
            libcurl is built to use supports it), which can be used to
            negotiate http2. | Added in cURL 7.36.0. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER | falseto stop cURL from verifying the peer's
            certificate. Alternate certificates to verify against can be
            specified with theCURLOPT_CAINFOoption
            or a certificate directory can be specified with theCURLOPT_CAPATHoption. | trueby default as of cURL 7.10. Default bundle installed as of
            cURL 7.10. | 
| CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYSTATUS | trueto verify the certificate's status. | Added in cURL 7.41.0. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER | falseto stop cURL from verifying the peer's certificate.
            Alternate certificates to verify against can be
            specified with theCURLOPT_CAINFOoption
            or a certificate directory can be specified with theCURLOPT_CAPATHoption.
            When set to false, the peer certificate verification succeeds regardless. | trueby default. Available since PHP 7.3.0 and libcurl >= cURL 7.52.0. | 
| CURLOPT_SAFE_UPLOAD | Always true, what disables support for the@prefix for
            uploading files inCURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, which
            means that values starting with@can be safely
            passed as fields. CURLFile may be used for
            uploads instead. | |
| CURLOPT_SUPPRESS_CONNECT_HEADERS | trueto suppress proxy CONNECT response headers from the user callback functionsCURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTIONandCURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION,
            whenCURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNELis used and a CONNECT request is made. | Added in cURL 7.54.0. Available since PHP 7.3.0. | 
| CURLOPT_TCP_FASTOPEN | trueto enable TCP Fast Open. | Added in cURL 7.49.0. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_TFTP_NO_OPTIONS | trueto not send TFTP options requests. | Added in cURL 7.48.0. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_TRANSFERTEXT | trueto use ASCII mode for FTP transfers.
            For LDAP, it retrieves data in plain text instead of HTML. On
            Windows systems, it will not setSTDOUTto binary
            mode. | |
| CURLOPT_UNRESTRICTED_AUTH | trueto keep sending the username and password
            when following locations (usingCURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION), even when the
            hostname has changed. | |
| CURLOPT_UPLOAD | trueto prepare for an upload. | |
| CURLOPT_VERBOSE | trueto output verbose information. Writes
            output toSTDERR, or the file specified usingCURLOPT_STDERR. | 
       value should be an int for the
       following values of the option parameter:
       
| Option | Set valueto | Notes | 
|---|---|---|
| CURLOPT_BUFFERSIZE | The size of the buffer to use for each read. There is no guarantee this request will be fulfilled, however. | Added in cURL 7.10. | 
| CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT | The number of seconds to wait while trying to connect. Use 0 to wait indefinitely. | |
| CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS | The number of milliseconds to wait while trying to connect. Use 0 to wait indefinitely. If libcurl is built to use the standard system name resolver, that portion of the connect will still use full-second resolution for timeouts with a minimum timeout allowed of one second. | Added in cURL 7.16.2. | 
| CURLOPT_DNS_CACHE_TIMEOUT | The number of seconds to keep DNS entries in memory. This option is set to 120 (2 minutes) by default. | |
| CURLOPT_EXPECT_100_TIMEOUT_MS | The timeout for Expect: 100-continue responses in milliseconds. Defaults to 1000 milliseconds. | Added in cURL 7.36.0. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_HAPPY_EYEBALLS_TIMEOUT_MS | Head start for ipv6 for the happy eyeballs algorithm. Happy eyeballs attempts to connect to both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses for dual-stack hosts, preferring IPv6 first for timeout milliseconds. Defaults to CURL_HET_DEFAULT, which is currently 200 milliseconds. | Added in cURL 7.59.0. Available since PHP 7.3.0. | 
| CURLOPT_FTPSSLAUTH | The FTP authentication method (when is activated): CURLFTPAUTH_SSL(try SSL first),CURLFTPAUTH_TLS(try TLS first), orCURLFTPAUTH_DEFAULT(let cURL decide). | Added in cURL 7.12.2. | 
| CURLOPT_HEADEROPT | How to deal with headers. One of the following constants: CURLHEADER_UNIFIED: the headers specified inCURLOPT_HTTPHEADERwill be used in requests
             both to servers and proxies. With this option enabled,CURLOPT_PROXYHEADERwill not have any effect.CURLHEADER_SEPARATE: makesCURLOPT_HTTPHEADERheaders only get sent to
             a server and not to a proxy. Proxy headers must be set withCURLOPT_PROXYHEADERto get used. Note that if
             a non-CONNECT request is sent to a proxy, libcurl will send both
             server headers and proxy headers. When doing CONNECT, libcurl will
             sendCURLOPT_PROXYHEADERheaders only to the
             proxy and thenCURLOPT_HTTPHEADERheaders
             only to the server.
            
            
             Defaults toCURLHEADER_SEPARATEas of cURL
             7.42.1, andCURLHEADER_UNIFIEDbefore. | Added in cURL 7.37.0. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION | CURL_HTTP_VERSION_NONE(default, lets CURL
            decide which version to use),CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_0(forces HTTP/1.0),CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1(forces HTTP/1.1),CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0(attempts HTTP 2),CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2 (alias ofCURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0),CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS(attempts HTTP 2 over TLS (HTTPS) only) orCURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_PRIOR_KNOWLEDGE(issues non-TLS HTTP requests using HTTP/2 without HTTP/1.1 Upgrade). | |
| CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH | 
             The HTTP authentication method(s) to use. The options are:
              
             The bitwise  
              
              | |
| CURLOPT_INFILESIZE | The expected size, in bytes, of the file when uploading a file to
            a remote site. Note that using this option will not stop libcurl
            from sending more data, as exactly what is sent depends on CURLOPT_READFUNCTION. | |
| CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT | The transfer speed, in bytes per second, that the transfer should be
            below during the count of CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIMEseconds before PHP considers the transfer too slow and aborts. | |
| CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME | The number of seconds the transfer speed should be below CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMITbefore PHP considers
            the transfer too slow and aborts. | |
| CURLOPT_MAXCONNECTS | The maximum amount of persistent connections that are allowed. When the limit is reached, the oldest one in the cache is closed to prevent increasing the number of open connections. | |
| CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS | The maximum amount of HTTP redirections to follow. Use this option
            alongside CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION.
            Default value of20is set to prevent infinite redirects.
            Setting to-1allows inifinite redirects, and0refuses all redirects. | |
| CURLOPT_PORT | An alternative port number to connect to. | |
| CURLOPT_POSTREDIR | A bitmask of 1 (301 Moved Permanently), 2 (302 Found)
            and 4 (303 See Other) if the HTTP POST method should be maintained
            when CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATIONis set and a
            specific type of redirect occurs. | Added in cURL 7.19.1. | 
| CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS | 
             Bitmask of  
             Valid protocol options are: 
              | Added in cURL 7.19.4. | 
| CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH | The HTTP authentication method(s) to use for the proxy connection.
            Use the same bitmasks as described in CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH. For proxy authentication,
            onlyCURLAUTH_BASICandCURLAUTH_NTLMare currently supported. | Added in cURL 7.10.7. | 
| CURLOPT_PROXYPORT | The port number of the proxy to connect to. This port number can
            also be set in CURLOPT_PROXY. | |
| CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE | Either CURLPROXY_HTTP(default),CURLPROXY_SOCKS4,CURLPROXY_SOCKS5,CURLPROXY_SOCKS4AorCURLPROXY_SOCKS5_HOSTNAME. | Added in cURL 7.10. | 
| CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS | Bitmask of CURLPROTO_*values. If used, this bitmask
            limits what protocols libcurl may use in a transfer that it follows to in
            a redirect whenCURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATIONis enabled.
            This allows you to limit specific transfers to only be allowed to use a subset
            of protocols in redirections. By default libcurl will allow all protocols
            except for FILE and SCP. This is a difference compared to pre-7.19.4 versions
            which unconditionally would follow to all protocols supported. 
            See alsoCURLOPT_PROTOCOLSfor protocol constant values. | Added in cURL 7.19.4. | 
| CURLOPT_RESUME_FROM | The offset, in bytes, to resume a transfer from. | |
| CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH | 
             The SOCKS5 authentication method(s) to use. The options are:
              
             The bitwise  
              
              
              
             Defaults to  | Available as of 7.3.0 and curl >= 7.55.0. | 
| CURLOPT_SSL_OPTIONS | Set SSL behavior options, which is a bitmask of any of the following constants: CURLSSLOPT_ALLOW_BEAST: do not attempt to use
             any workarounds for a security flaw in the SSL3 and TLS1.0 protocols.CURLSSLOPT_NO_REVOKE: disable certificate
             revocation checks for those SSL backends where such behavior is
             present. | Added in cURL 7.25.0. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST | 2to verify that a Common Name field or a Subject Alternate Name
            field in the SSL peer certificate matches the provided hostname.0to not check the names.1should not be used.
            In production environments the value of this option
            should be kept at2(default value). | Support for value 1removed in cURL 7.28.1. | 
| CURLOPT_SSLVERSION | One of CURL_SSLVERSION_DEFAULT(0),CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1(1),CURL_SSLVERSION_SSLv2(2),CURL_SSLVERSION_SSLv3(3),CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_0(4),CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_1(5),CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_2(6) orCURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_3(7).
            The maximum TLS version can be set by using one of theCURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_*constants. It is also possible to OR one of theCURL_SSLVERSION_*constants with one of theCURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_*constants.CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_DEFAULT(the maximum version supported by the library),CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_0,CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_1,CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_2, orCURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_3.
 | |
| CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_OPTIONS | Set proxy SSL behavior options, which is a bitmask of any of the following constants: CURLSSLOPT_ALLOW_BEAST: do not attempt to use
             any workarounds for a security flaw in the SSL3 and TLS1.0 protocols.CURLSSLOPT_NO_REVOKE: disable certificate
             revocation checks for those SSL backends where such behavior is
             present. (curl >= 7.44.0)CURLSSLOPT_NO_PARTIALCHAIN: do not accept "partial" 
             certificate chains, which it otherwise does by default. (curl >= 7.68.0) | Available since PHP 7.3.0 and libcurl >= cURL 7.52.0. | 
| CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYHOST | Set to 2to verify in the HTTPS proxy's certificate name fields against the proxy name. 
            When set to0the connection succeeds regardless of the names used in the certificate. 
            Use that ability with caution!1treated as a debug option in curl 7.28.0 and earlier. 
            From curl 7.28.1 to 7.65.3CURLE_BAD_FUNCTION_ARGUMENTis returned.
            From curl 7.66.0 onwards1and2is treated as the same value.
            In production environments the value of this option should be kept at2(default value). | Available since PHP 7.3.0 and libcurl >= cURL 7.52.0. | 
| CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLVERSION | One of CURL_SSLVERSION_DEFAULT,CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1,CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_0,CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_1,CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_2,CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_3,CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_DEFAULT,CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_0,CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_1,CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_2,CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_3orCURL_SSLVERSION_SSLv3.
 | Available since PHP 7.3.0 and libcurl >= cURL 7.52.0. | 
| CURLOPT_STREAM_WEIGHT | Set the numerical stream weight (a number between 1 and 256). | Added in cURL 7.46.0. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE | If set to 1, TCP keepalive probes will be sent. The delay and
            frequency of these probes can be controlled by theCURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLEandCURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVLoptions, provided the operating system
            supports them. If set to0(default) keepalive probes are disabled. | Added in cURL 7.25.0. | 
| CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLE | Sets the delay, in seconds, that the operating system will wait while the connection is
            idle before sending keepalive probes, if CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVEis
            enabled. Not all operating systems support this option.
            The default is60. | Added in cURL 7.25.0. | 
| CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL | Sets the interval, in seconds, that the operating system will wait between sending
            keepalive probes, if CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVEis enabled.
            Not all operating systems support this option.
            The default is60. | Added in cURL 7.25.0. | 
| CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION | How CURLOPT_TIMEVALUEis treated.
            UseCURL_TIMECOND_IFMODSINCEto return the
            page only if it has been modified since the time specified inCURLOPT_TIMEVALUE. If it hasn't been modified,
            a"304 Not Modified"header will be returned
            assumingCURLOPT_HEADERistrue.
            UseCURL_TIMECOND_IFUNMODSINCEfor the reverse
            effect. UseCURL_TIMECOND_NONEto ignoreCURLOPT_TIMEVALUEand always return the page.CURL_TIMECOND_NONEis the default. | Before cURL 7.46.0 the default was CURL_TIMECOND_IFMODSINCE. | 
| CURLOPT_TIMEOUT | The maximum number of seconds to allow cURL functions to execute. | |
| CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS | The maximum number of milliseconds to allow cURL functions to execute. If libcurl is built to use the standard system name resolver, that portion of the connect will still use full-second resolution for timeouts with a minimum timeout allowed of one second. | Added in cURL 7.16.2. | 
| CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE | The time in seconds since January 1st, 1970. The time will be used
            by CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION. | |
| CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE_LARGE | The time in seconds since January 1st, 1970. The time will be used
            by CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION. Defaults to zero.
            The difference between this option andCURLOPT_TIMEVALUEis the type of the argument. On systems where 'long' is only 32 bit wide, 
            this option has to be used to set dates beyond the year 2038. | Added in cURL 7.59.0. Available since PHP 7.3.0. | 
| CURLOPT_MAX_RECV_SPEED_LARGE | If a download exceeds this speed (counted in bytes per second) on cumulative average during the transfer, the transfer will pause to keep the average rate less than or equal to the parameter value. Defaults to unlimited speed. | Added in cURL 7.15.5. | 
| CURLOPT_MAX_SEND_SPEED_LARGE | If an upload exceeds this speed (counted in bytes per second) on cumulative average during the transfer, the transfer will pause to keep the average rate less than or equal to the parameter value. Defaults to unlimited speed. | Added in cURL 7.15.5. | 
| CURLOPT_SSH_AUTH_TYPES | A bitmask consisting of one or more of CURLSSH_AUTH_PUBLICKEY,CURLSSH_AUTH_PASSWORD,CURLSSH_AUTH_HOST,CURLSSH_AUTH_KEYBOARD. Set toCURLSSH_AUTH_ANYto let libcurl pick one. | Added in cURL 7.16.1. | 
| CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE | Allows an application to select what kind of IP addresses to use when
            resolving host names. This is only interesting when using host names that
            resolve addresses using more than one version of IP, possible values are CURL_IPRESOLVE_WHATEVER,CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4,CURL_IPRESOLVE_V6, by defaultCURL_IPRESOLVE_WHATEVER. | Added in cURL 7.10.8. | 
| CURLOPT_FTP_FILEMETHOD | Tell curl which method to use to reach a file on a FTP(S) server. Possible values are CURLFTPMETHOD_MULTICWD,CURLFTPMETHOD_NOCWDandCURLFTPMETHOD_SINGLECWD. | Added in cURL 7.15.1. | 
       value should be a string for the
       following values of the option parameter:
       
| Option | Set valueto | Notes | 
|---|---|---|
| CURLOPT_ABSTRACT_UNIX_SOCKET | Enables the use of an abstract Unix domain socket instead of 
            establishing a TCP connection to a host and sets the path to
            the given string. This option shares the same semantics
            as CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH. These two options
            share the same storage and therefore only one of them can be set
            per handle. | Available since PHP 7.3.0 and cURL 7.53.0 | 
| CURLOPT_CAINFO | The name of a file holding one or more certificates to verify the
            peer with. This only makes sense when used in combination with CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER. | Might require an absolute path. | 
| CURLOPT_CAPATH | A directory that holds multiple CA certificates. Use this option
            alongside CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER. | |
| CURLOPT_COOKIE | The contents of the "Cookie: "header to be
            used in the HTTP request.
            Note that multiple cookies are separated with a semicolon followed
            by a space (e.g., "fruit=apple; colour=red") | |
| CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE | The name of the file containing the cookie data. The cookie file can be in Netscape format, or just plain HTTP-style headers dumped into a file. If the name is an empty string, no cookies are loaded, but cookie handling is still enabled. | |
| CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR | The name of a file to save all internal cookies to when the handle is closed, e.g. after a call to curl_close. | |
| CURLOPT_COOKIELIST | A cookie string (i.e. a single line in Netscape/Mozilla format, or a regular
            HTTP-style Set-Cookie header) adds that single cookie to the internal cookie store. "ALL"erases all cookies held in memory."SESS"erases all session cookies held in memory."FLUSH"writes all known cookies to the file specified byCURLOPT_COOKIEJAR."RELOAD"loads all cookies from the files specified byCURLOPT_COOKIEFILE. | Available since cURL 7.14.1. | 
| CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST | 
            A custom request method to use instead of
             
 | |
| CURLOPT_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL | The default protocol to use if the URL is missing a scheme name. | Added in cURL 7.45.0. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_DNS_INTERFACE | Set the name of the network interface that the DNS resolver should bind to. This must be an interface name (not an address). | Added in cURL 7.33.0. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_DNS_LOCAL_IP4 | Set the local IPv4 address that the resolver should bind to. The argument should contain a single numerical IPv4 address as a string. | Added in cURL 7.33.0. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_DNS_LOCAL_IP6 | Set the local IPv6 address that the resolver should bind to. The argument should contain a single numerical IPv6 address as a string. | Added in cURL 7.33.0. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET | Like CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE, except a filename
            to an Entropy Gathering Daemon socket. | |
| CURLOPT_ENCODING | The contents of the "Accept-Encoding: "header.
            This enables decoding of the response. Supported encodings are"identity","deflate", and"gzip". If an empty string,"",
            is set, a header containing all supported encoding types is sent. | Added in cURL 7.10. | 
| CURLOPT_FTPPORT | The value which will be used to get the IP address to use for the FTP "PORT" instruction. The "PORT" instruction tells the remote server to connect to our specified IP address. The string may be a plain IP address, a hostname, a network interface name (under Unix), or just a plain '-' to use the systems default IP address. | |
| CURLOPT_INTERFACE | The name of the outgoing network interface to use. This can be an interface name, an IP address or a host name. | |
| CURLOPT_KEYPASSWD | The password required to use the CURLOPT_SSLKEYorCURLOPT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEYFILEprivate key. | Added in cURL 7.16.1. | 
| CURLOPT_KRB4LEVEL | The KRB4 (Kerberos 4) security level. Any of the following values
            (in order from least to most powerful) are valid: "clear","safe","confidential","private"..
            If the string does not match one of these,"private"is used. Setting this option tonullwill disable KRB4 security. Currently KRB4 security only works
            with FTP transactions. | |
| CURLOPT_LOGIN_OPTIONS | Can be used to set protocol specific login options, such as the
            preferred authentication mechanism via "AUTH=NTLM" or "AUTH=*",
            and should be used in conjunction with the CURLOPT_USERNAMEoption. | Added in cURL 7.34.0. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY | Set the pinned public key. The string can be the file name of your pinned public key. The file format expected is "PEM" or "DER". The string can also be any number of base64 encoded sha256 hashes preceded by "sha256//" and separated by ";". | Added in cURL 7.39.0. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS | The full data to post in a HTTP "POST" operation.
             This parameter can either be
             passed as a urlencoded string like ' para1=val1¶2=val2&...' 
             or as an array with the field name as key and field data as value.
             Ifvalueis an array, theContent-Typeheader will be set tomultipart/form-data.
            
            
             Files can be sent using CURLFile or CURLStringFile,
             in which casevaluemust be an array. | |
| CURLOPT_PRIVATE | Any data that should be associated with this cURL handle. This data
            can subsequently be retrieved with the CURLINFO_PRIVATEoption of
            curl_getinfo(). cURL does nothing with this data.
            When using a cURL multi handle, this private data is typically a
            unique key to identify a standard cURL handle. | Added in cURL 7.10.3. | 
| CURLOPT_PRE_PROXY | Set a string holding the host name or dotted numerical 
            IP address to be used as the preproxy that curl connects to before 
            it connects to the HTTP(S) proxy specified in the CURLOPT_PROXYoption for the upcoming request.
            The preproxy can only be a SOCKS proxy and it should be prefixed with[scheme]://to specify which kind of socks is used.
            A numerical IPv6 address must be written within [brackets].
            Setting the preproxy to an empty string explicitly disables the use of a preproxy. 
            To specify port number in this string, append:[port]to the end of the host name. The proxy's port number may optionally be 
            specified with the separate optionCURLOPT_PROXYPORT. 
            Defaults to using port 1080 for proxies if a port is not specified. | Available since PHP 7.3.0 and libcurl >= cURL 7.52.0. | 
| CURLOPT_PROXY | The HTTP proxy to tunnel requests through. | |
| CURLOPT_PROXY_SERVICE_NAME | The proxy authentication service name. | Added in cURL 7.43.0 for HTTP proxies, and in cURL 7.49.0 for SOCKS5 proxies. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_PROXY_CAINFO | The path to proxy Certificate Authority (CA) bundle. Set the path as a string naming a file holding one or more certificates to verify the HTTPS proxy with. This option is for connecting to an HTTPS proxy, not an HTTPS server. Defaults set to the system path where libcurl's cacert bundle is assumed to be stored. | Available since PHP 7.3.0 and libcurl >= cURL 7.52.0. | 
| CURLOPT_PROXY_CAPATH | The directory holding multiple CA certificates to verify the HTTPS proxy with. | Available since PHP 7.3.0 and libcurl >= cURL 7.52.0. | 
| CURLOPT_PROXY_CRLFILE | Set the file name with the concatenation of CRL (Certificate Revocation List) in PEM format to use in the certificate validation that occurs during the SSL exchange. | Available since PHP 7.3.0 and libcurl >= cURL 7.52.0. | 
| CURLOPT_PROXY_KEYPASSWD | Set the string be used as the password required to use the CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLKEYprivate key. You never needed a 
            passphrase to load a certificate but you need one to load your private key.
            This option is for connecting to an HTTPS proxy, not an HTTPS server. | Available since PHP 7.3.0 and libcurl >= cURL 7.52.0. | 
| CURLOPT_PROXY_PINNEDPUBLICKEY | Set the pinned public key for HTTPS proxy. The string can be the file name of your pinned public key. The file format expected is "PEM" or "DER". The string can also be any number of base64 encoded sha256 hashes preceded by "sha256//" and separated by ";" | Available since PHP 7.3.0 and libcurl >= cURL 7.52.0. | 
| CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLCERT | The file name of your client certificate used to connect to the HTTPS proxy. 
            The default format is "P12" on Secure Transport and "PEM" on other engines, 
            and can be changed with CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLCERTTYPE.
            With NSS or Secure Transport, this can also be the nickname of the certificate 
            you wish to authenticate with as it is named in the security database. 
            If you want to use a file from the current directory, please precede it with 
            "./" prefix, in order to avoid confusion with a nickname. | Available since PHP 7.3.0 and libcurl >= cURL 7.52.0. | 
| CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLCERTTYPE | The format of your client certificate used when connecting to an HTTPS proxy. Supported formats are "PEM" and "DER", except with Secure Transport. OpenSSL (versions 0.9.3 and later) and Secure Transport (on iOS 5 or later, or OS X 10.7 or later) also support "P12" for PKCS#12-encoded files. Defaults to "PEM". | Available since PHP 7.3.0 and libcurl >= cURL 7.52.0. | 
| CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_CIPHER_LIST | The list of ciphers to use for the connection to the HTTPS proxy. The list must be syntactically correct, it consists of one or more cipher strings separated by colons. Commas or spaces are also acceptable separators but colons are normally used, !, - and + can be used as operators. | Available since PHP 7.3.0 and libcurl >= cURL 7.52.0. | 
| CURLOPT_PROXY_TLS13_CIPHERS | The list of cipher suites to use for the TLS 1.3 connection to a proxy.
            The list must be syntactically correct, it consists of one or more 
            cipher suite strings separated by colons. This option is currently used 
            only when curl is built to use OpenSSL 1.1.1 or later. 
            If you are using a different SSL backend you can try setting 
            TLS 1.3 cipher suites by using the CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_CIPHER_LISToption. | Available since PHP 7.3.0 and libcurl >= cURL 7.61.0. Available when built with OpenSSL >= 1.1.1. | 
| CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLKEY | The file name of your private key used for connecting to the HTTPS proxy. 
            The default format is "PEM" and can be changed with CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLKEYTYPE. 
            (iOS and Mac OS X only) This option is ignored if curl was built against Secure Transport. | Available since PHP 7.3.0 and libcurl >= cURL 7.52.0. Available if built TLS enabled. | 
| CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLKEYTYPE | The format of your private key. Supported formats are "PEM", "DER" and "ENG". | Available since PHP 7.3.0 and libcurl >= cURL 7.52.0. | 
| CURLOPT_PROXY_TLSAUTH_PASSWORD | The password to use for the TLS authentication method specified with the CURLOPT_PROXY_TLSAUTH_TYPEoption. Requires that theCURLOPT_PROXY_TLSAUTH_USERNAMEoption to also be set. | Available since PHP 7.3.0 and libcurl >= cURL 7.52.0. | 
| CURLOPT_PROXY_TLSAUTH_TYPE | The method of the TLS authentication used for the HTTPS connection. Supported method is "SRP". 
 | Available since PHP 7.3.0 and libcurl >= cURL 7.52.0. | 
| CURLOPT_PROXY_TLSAUTH_USERNAME | The username to use for the HTTPS proxy TLS authentication method specified with the CURLOPT_PROXY_TLSAUTH_TYPEoption. Requires that theCURLOPT_PROXY_TLSAUTH_PASSWORDoption to also be set. | Available since PHP 7.3.0 and libcurl >= cURL 7.52.0. | 
| CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD | A username and password formatted as "[username]:[password]"to use for the
            connection to the proxy. | |
| CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE | A filename to be used to seed the random number generator for SSL. | |
| CURLOPT_RANGE | Range(s) of data to retrieve in the format "X-Y"where X or Y are optional. HTTP transfers
            also support several intervals, separated with commas in the format"X-Y,N-M". | |
| CURLOPT_REFERER | The contents of the "Referer: "header to be used
            in a HTTP request. | |
| CURLOPT_SERVICE_NAME | The authentication service name. | Added in cURL 7.43.0. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_SSH_HOST_PUBLIC_KEY_MD5 | A string containing 32 hexadecimal digits. The string should be the MD5 checksum of the remote host's public key, and libcurl will reject the connection to the host unless the md5sums match. This option is only for SCP and SFTP transfers. | Added in cURL 7.17.1. | 
| CURLOPT_SSH_PUBLIC_KEYFILE | The file name for your public key. If not used, libcurl defaults to $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa.pub if the HOME environment variable is set, and just "id_dsa.pub" in the current directory if HOME is not set. | Added in cURL 7.16.1. | 
| CURLOPT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEYFILE | The file name for your private key. If not used, libcurl defaults to 
            $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa if the HOME environment variable is set, 
            and just "id_dsa" in the current directory if HOME is not set. 
            If the file is password-protected, set the password with CURLOPT_KEYPASSWD. | Added in cURL 7.16.1. | 
| CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST | A list of ciphers to use for SSL. For example, RC4-SHAandTLSv1are valid
            cipher lists. | |
| CURLOPT_SSLCERT | The name of a file containing a PEM formatted certificate. | |
| CURLOPT_SSLCERTPASSWD | The password required to use the CURLOPT_SSLCERTcertificate. | |
| CURLOPT_SSLCERTTYPE | The format of the certificate. Supported formats are "PEM"(default),"DER",
            and"ENG".
            As of OpenSSL 0.9.3,"P12"(for PKCS#12-encoded files)
            is also supported. | Added in cURL 7.9.3. | 
| CURLOPT_SSLENGINE | The identifier for the crypto engine of the private SSL key
            specified in CURLOPT_SSLKEY. | |
| CURLOPT_SSLENGINE_DEFAULT | The identifier for the crypto engine used for asymmetric crypto operations. | |
| CURLOPT_SSLKEY | The name of a file containing a private SSL key. | |
| CURLOPT_SSLKEYPASSWD | 
            The secret password needed to use the private SSL key specified in
             
 | |
| CURLOPT_SSLKEYTYPE | The key type of the private SSL key specified in CURLOPT_SSLKEY. Supported key types are"PEM"(default),"DER",
            and"ENG". | |
| CURLOPT_TLS13_CIPHERS | The list of cipher suites to use for the TLS 1.3 connection. The list must be 
            syntactically correct, it consists of one or more cipher suite strings separated by colons. 
            This option is currently used only when curl is built to use OpenSSL 1.1.1 or later. 
            If you are using a different SSL backend you can try setting 
            TLS 1.3 cipher suites by using the CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LISToption. | Available since PHP 7.3.0 and libcurl >= cURL 7.61.0. Available when built with OpenSSL >= 1.1.1. | 
| CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH | Enables the use of Unix domain sockets as connection endpoint and sets the path to the given string. | Added in cURL 7.40.0. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_URL | The URL to fetch. This can also be set when initializing a session with curl_init(). | |
| CURLOPT_USERAGENT | The contents of the "User-Agent: "header to be
            used in a HTTP request. | |
| CURLOPT_USERNAME | The user name to use in authentication. | Added in cURL 7.19.1. | 
| CURLOPT_PASSWORD | The password to use in authentication. | Added in cURL 7.19.1. | 
| CURLOPT_USERPWD | A username and password formatted as "[username]:[password]"to use for the
            connection. | |
| CURLOPT_XOAUTH2_BEARER | Specifies the OAuth 2.0 access token. | Added in cURL 7.33.0. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
       value should be an array for the
       following values of the option parameter:
       
| Option | Set valueto | Notes | 
|---|---|---|
| CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO | Connect to a specific host and port instead of the URL's host and port.
            Accepts an array of strings with the format HOST:PORT:CONNECT-TO-HOST:CONNECT-TO-PORT. | Added in cURL 7.49.0. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_HTTP200ALIASES | An array of HTTP 200 responses that will be treated as valid responses and not as errors. | Added in cURL 7.10.3. | 
| CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER | An array of HTTP header fields to set, in the format 
             array('Content-type: text/plain', 'Content-length: 100')
             | |
| CURLOPT_POSTQUOTE | An array of FTP commands to execute on the server after the FTP request has been performed. | |
| CURLOPT_PROXYHEADER | An array of custom HTTP headers to pass to proxies. | Added in cURL 7.37.0. Available since PHP 7.0.7. | 
| CURLOPT_QUOTE | An array of FTP commands to execute on the server prior to the FTP request. | |
| CURLOPT_RESOLVE | Provide a custom address for a specific host and port pair. An array
            of hostname, port, and IP address strings, each element separated by
            a colon. In the format: 
             array("example.com:80:127.0.0.1")
             | Added in cURL 7.21.3. | 
       value should be a stream resource (using
       fopen(), for example) for the following values of the
       option parameter:
       
| Option | Set valueto | 
|---|---|
| CURLOPT_FILE | The file that the transfer should be written to. The default
            is STDOUT(the browser window). | 
| CURLOPT_INFILE | The file that the transfer should be read from when uploading. | 
| CURLOPT_STDERR | An alternative location to output errors to instead of STDERR. | 
| CURLOPT_WRITEHEADER | The file that the header part of the transfer is written to. | 
       value should be the name of a valid function or a Closure 
       for the following values of the option parameter:
       
| Option | Set valueto | Notes | 
|---|---|---|
| CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION | A callback accepting two parameters. The first is the cURL resource, the second is a string with the header data to be written. The header data must be written by this callback. Return the number of bytes written. | |
| CURLOPT_PASSWDFUNCTION | A callback accepting three parameters. The first is the cURL resource, the second is a string containing a password prompt, and the third is the maximum password length. Return the string containing the password. | Removed as of PHP 7.3.0. | 
| CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION | A callback accepting five parameters. The first is the cURL resource, the second is the total number of bytes expected to be downloaded in this transfer, the third is the number of bytes downloaded so far, the fourth is the total number of bytes expected to be uploaded in this transfer, and the fifth is the number of bytes uploaded so far. 
 
             Return a non-zero value to abort the transfer. In which case, the
             transfer will set a  | |
| CURLOPT_READFUNCTION | A callback accepting three parameters. 
            The first is the cURL resource, the second is a
            stream resource provided to cURL through the option CURLOPT_INFILE, and the third is the maximum
            amount of data to be read. The callback must return a string
            with a length equal or smaller than the amount of data requested,
            typically by reading it from the passed stream resource. It should
            return an empty string to signalEOF. | |
| CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION | A callback accepting two parameters. The first is the cURL resource, and the second is a string with the data to be written. The data must be saved by this callback. It must return the exact number of bytes written or the transfer will be aborted with an error. | |
| CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION | A callback accepting two parameters.
            Has a similar purpose as CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTIONbut is more modern
            and the preferred option from cURL. | Added in 7.32.0. Available as of PHP 8.2.0. | 
Other values:
| Option | Set valueto | 
|---|---|
| CURLOPT_SHARE | A result of curl_share_init(). Makes the cURL handle to use the data from the shared handle. | 
   Returns true on success or false on failure.
  
| Version | Description | 
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 | handleexpects a CurlHandle
  instance now; previously, a resource was expected. | 
| 7.3.15, 7.4.3 | Introduced CURLOPT_HTTP09_ALLOWED . | 
| 7.3.0 | Introduced CURLOPT_ABSTRACT_UNIX_SOCKET,CURLOPT_KEEP_SENDING_ON_ERROR,CURLOPT_PRE_PROXY,CURLOPT_PROXY_CAINFO,CURLOPT_PROXY_CAPATH,CURLOPT_PROXY_CRLFILE,CURLOPT_PROXY_KEYPASSWD,CURLOPT_PROXY_PINNEDPUBLICKEY,CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLCERT,CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLCERTTYPE,CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_CIPHER_LIST,CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLKEY,CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLKEYTYPE,CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_OPTIONS,CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYHOST,CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER,CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLVERSION,CURLOPT_PROXY_TLSAUTH_PASSWORD,CURLOPT_PROXY_TLSAUTH_TYPE,CURLOPT_PROXY_TLSAUTH_USERNAME,CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH,CURLOPT_SUPPRESS_CONNECT_HEADERS,CURLOPT_DISALLOW_USERNAME_IN_URL,CURLOPT_DNS_SHUFFLE_ADDRESSES,CURLOPT_HAPPY_EYEBALLS_TIMEOUT_MS,CURLOPT_HAPROXYPROTOCOL,CURLOPT_PROXY_TLS13_CIPHERS,CURLOPT_SSH_COMPRESSION,CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE_LARGEandCURLOPT_TLS13_CIPHERS. | 
| 7.0.7 | Introduced CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2,CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_PRIOR_KNOWLEDGE,CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS,CURL_REDIR_POST_301,CURL_REDIR_POST_302,CURL_REDIR_POST_303,CURL_REDIR_POST_ALL,CURL_VERSION_KERBEROS5,CURL_VERSION_PSL,CURL_VERSION_UNIX_SOCKETS,CURLAUTH_NEGOTIATE,CURLAUTH_NTLM_WB,CURLFTP_CREATE_DIR,CURLFTP_CREATE_DIR_NONE,CURLFTP_CREATE_DIR_RETRY,CURLHEADER_SEPARATE,CURLHEADER_UNIFIED,CURLMOPT_CHUNK_LENGTH_PENALTY_SIZE,CURLMOPT_CONTENT_LENGTH_PENALTY_SIZE,CURLMOPT_MAX_HOST_CONNECTIONS,CURLMOPT_MAX_PIPELINE_LENGTH,CURLMOPT_MAX_TOTAL_CONNECTIONS,CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO,CURLOPT_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL,CURLOPT_DNS_INTERFACE,CURLOPT_DNS_LOCAL_IP4,CURLOPT_DNS_LOCAL_IP6,CURLOPT_EXPECT_100_TIMEOUT_MS,CURLOPT_HEADEROPT,CURLOPT_LOGIN_OPTIONS,CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS,CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY,CURLOPT_PIPEWAIT,CURLOPT_PROXY_SERVICE_NAME,CURLOPT_PROXYHEADER,CURLOPT_SASL_IR,CURLOPT_SERVICE_NAME,CURLOPT_SSL_ENABLE_ALPN,CURLOPT_SSL_ENABLE_NPN,CURLOPT_SSL_FALSESTART,CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYSTATUS,CURLOPT_STREAM_WEIGHT,CURLOPT_TCP_FASTOPEN,CURLOPT_TFTP_NO_OPTIONS,CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH,CURLOPT_XOAUTH2_BEARER,CURLPROTO_SMB,CURLPROTO_SMBS,CURLPROXY_HTTP_1_0,CURLSSH_AUTH_AGENTandCURLSSLOPT_NO_REVOKE. | 
Example #1 Initializing a new cURL session and fetching a web page
<?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($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
// grab URL and pass it to the browser
curl_exec($ch);
// close cURL resource, and free up system resources
curl_close($ch);
?>
Note:
Passing an array to
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSwill encode the data as multipart/form-data, while passing a URL-encoded string will encode the data as application/x-www-form-urlencoded.
