what is cURL
cURL lib in php allows you to connect and communicate to many different types of servers with many different types of protocols. libcurl currently supports the http, https, ftp, gopher, telnet, dict, file, and ldap protocols. libcurl also supports HTTPS certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading (this can also be done with PHP’s ftp extension), HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, and user+password authentication.
curl_init() Initialize a cURL session
curl_init() return a cURL handle or object for use with the curl_setopt(), curl_exec(), and curl_close() functions.
for eg:
<?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); ?>
curl_setopt() — Set an option for a cURL transfer
curl_setopt ( resource $ch , int $option , mixed $value )
this function return bool.
resource is curl_init() return a cURL handle or object.
$option is in the format The CURLOPT_XXX option to set.
for eg:
//$value TRUE to do a regular HTTP POST. curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1); //$value is post filed, setup post fields curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,"Message=$message"); //$value is TRUE to prepare for an upload curl_setopt ($ch,CURLOPT_UPLOAD,1);
curl_exec — Perform a cURL session or execute curl session
This function should be called after initializing a cURL session and all the options for the session are set.
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
//execute and geting response $curlresponse = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close() — Close a cURL session
curl_close ( resource $ch )
Closes a cURL session and frees all resources. The cURL handle, ch, is also deleted.
<?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($ch); ?> </php>
How to download a webiste using php curl
<?php function download_wesite($Url){ // is cURL installed yet? if (!function_exists('curl_init')){ die('Sorry cURL is not installed!'); } // OK cool - then let's create a new cURL resource handle $ch = curl_init(); // Now set some options (most are optional) // Set URL to download curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $Url); // Set a referer curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_REFERER, "http://www.example.org/yay.htm"); // User agent curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "MozillaXYZ/1.0"); // Include header in result? (0 = yes, 1 = no) curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0); // Should cURL return or print out the data? (true = return, false = print) curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); // Timeout in seconds curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10); // Download the given URL, and return output $output = curl_exec($ch); // Close the cURL resource, and free system resources curl_close($ch); return $output; } echo download_website('http://www.example.org/'); ?>
How to execute a POST using the PHP CURL library.
//define post values $message="test message ";//define post url $url="http://localhost/WebServices/";//encode the message $message = urlencode($message);//initialize the curl $ch = curl_init(); if (!$ch){ die("Couldn't initialize a cURL handle"); }//setting options $ret = curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,$url); curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2); //setup post fields curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,"Message=$message"); $ret = curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); //If you are behind proxy then please uncomment below line and provide your proxy ip with port. // $ret = curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, "PROXY IP ADDRESS:PORT"); //execute and geting response $curlresponse = curl_exec($ch); if(curl_errno($ch)) echo 'curl error : '. curl_error($ch); if (empty($ret)) { // some kind of an error happened die(curl_error($ch)); curl_close($ch); // close cURL handler } else { $info = curl_getinfo($ch); curl_close($ch); // close cURL handler //echo "<br>"; echo $curlresponse;//echo "post message Sent Succesfully" ; } }
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