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<div id="function.curl-exec" class="refentry">
<div class="refnamediv">
<h1 class="refname">curl_exec</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">curl_exec</span> — <span class="dc-title">Perform a cURL session</span></p>
</div>
<a name="function.curl-exec.description"></a><div class="refsect1 description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.php#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <span class="methodname"><b>curl_exec</b></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <tt class="parameter">$ch</tt></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Execute the given cURL session.
</p>
<p class="para">
This function should be called after initializing a cURL session and all
the options for the session are set.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.curl-exec.parameters"></a><div class="refsect1 parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><dl>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">ch</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">A cURL handle returned by
<a href="function.curl-init.php" class="function">curl_init()</a>.</p></dd>
</dl>
<p>
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.curl-exec.returnvalues"></a><div class="refsect1 returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns <b><tt class="constant">TRUE</tt></b> on success or <b><tt class="constant">FALSE</tt></b> on failure. However, if the <b><tt class="constant">CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER</tt></b>
option is set, it will return the result on success, <b><tt class="constant">FALSE</tt></b> on failure.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.curl-exec.examples"></a><div class="refsect1 examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><div class="example">
<p><b>Example #1 Fetching a web page</b></p>
<div class="example-contents programlisting">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// create a new cURL resource<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_init</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// set URL and other appropriate options<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_setopt</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">CURLOPT_URL</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"http://www.example.com/"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_setopt</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">CURLOPT_HEADER</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// grab URL and pass it to the browser<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_exec</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// close cURL resource, and free up system resources<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
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</p>
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<a name="function.curl-exec.seealso"></a><div class="refsect1 seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"><a href="function.curl-multi-exec.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">curl_multi_exec()</a> - Run the sub-connections of the current cURL handle</li>
</ul><p>
</p>
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