php-doc-en/reference/curl/functions/curl-init.xml
Christoph Michael Becker b7f8c11e56 Generate curl methodsynopses based on stubs
Amended by cmb.

Closes GH-231.


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<refentry xml:id="function.curl-init" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>curl_init</refname>
<refpurpose>Initialize a cURL session</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type class="union"><type>CurlHandle</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>curl_init</methodname>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type class="union"><type>string</type><type>null</type></type><parameter>url</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Initializes a new session and return a cURL handle for use with the
<function>curl_setopt</function>, <function>curl_exec</function>,
and <function>curl_close</function> functions.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>url</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
If provided, the <constant>CURLOPT_URL</constant> option will be set
to its value. You can manually set this using the
<function>curl_setopt</function> function.
</para>
<note>
<para>
The <literal>file</literal> protocol is disabled by cURL if
<link linkend="ini.open-basedir">open_basedir</link> is set.
</para>
</note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns a cURL handle on success, &false; on errors.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="changelog">
&reftitle.changelog;
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>&Version;</entry>
<entry>&Description;</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>8.0.0</entry>
<entry>
On success, this function returns a <classname>CurlHandle</classname> instance now;
previously, a <type>resource</type> was returned.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>8.0.0</entry>
<entry>
<parameter>url</parameter> is nullable now.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title>
Initializing a new cURL session and fetching a web page
</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?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);
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>curl_close</function></member>
<member><function>curl_multi_init</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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