curl_init Initialize a CURL session resourcecurl_init stringurl 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. ]]> See also: curl_close, curl_setopt