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# curl_init

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5)

curl_init -- Initialize a CURL session

## Description

resource curl_init ( [string url] )

The curl_init() will initialize a new session and return a CURL handle for use with the curl_setopt(), curl_exec(), and curl_close() functions. If the optional url parameter is supplied then the CURLOPT_URL option will be set to the value of the parameter. You can manually set this using the curl_setopt() function.

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_close(), curl_setopt()

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