curl_close

Close a cURL session

Description

void curl_close ( resource $ch )

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);
?>

See Also

  • curl_init
  • curl_multi_close