curl_close

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5, PHP 7)

curl_closeClose a cURL session

Description

curl_close ( resource $ch ) : void

Closes a cURL session and frees all resources. The cURL handle, ch, is also deleted.

Parameters

ch

A cURL handle returned by curl_init().

Return Values

No value is returned.

Examples

Example #1 Initializing a new cURL session and fetching a web page

<?php
// create a new cURL resource
$ch curl_init();

// set URL and other appropriate options
curl_setopt($chCURLOPT_URL"http://www.example.com/");
curl_setopt($chCURLOPT_HEADER0);

// grab URL and pass it to the browser
curl_exec($ch);

// close cURL resource, and free up system resources
curl_close($ch);
?>

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