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# curl_init

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2)

curl_init -- Initialize a CURL session

## Description

``int 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
    $ch = curl_init();

    curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.zend.com/");
    curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);

    curl_exec ($ch);

    curl_close ($ch);
    ?>

See also: curl_close(), curl_setopt()

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