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# curl_close

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5)

curl_close -- Close a CURL session

## Description

void curl_close ( resource ch )

This function closes a CURL session and frees all resources. The CURL handle, ch, is also deleted.

Example 1. Initializing a new CURL session and fetching a webpage
`<?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($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0); // grab URL and pass it to the browser curl_exec($ch); // close curl resource, and free up system resources curl_close($ch); ?>`

See also: curl_init().

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