Basic cURL Syntax and Examples

Initialize the Session

// Initialize cURL session 
$ch = curl_init();

Set Options

// Set URL
 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com"); 

// Return the transfer as a string instead of outputting it directly 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

Execute a Request

// Execute cURL session 
$response = curl_exec($ch);

Check for Errors

// Check for errors 
if (curl_errno($ch)) {
	 echo 'cURL Error: ' . curl_error($ch); 
} else { 
	echo 'Response: ' . $response; 
}

Close the cURL Session

// Close cURL session 
curl_close($ch);

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