curl_version

Gets cURL version information

Description

array curl_version ([ int $age = CURLVERSION_NOW ] )

Returns information about the cURL version.

Parameters

age

Return Values

Returns an associative array with the following elements:

Indice Value description
version_number cURL 24 bit version number
version cURL version number, as a string
ssl_version_number OpenSSL 24 bit version number
ssl_version OpenSSL version number, as a string
libz_version zlib version number, as a string
host Information about the host where cURL was built
age  
features A bitmask of the CURL_VERSION_XXX constants
protocols An array of protocols names supported by cURL

Examples

Example #1 curl_version example

This example will check which features that's available in cURL build by using the 'features' bitmask returned by curl_version.

<?php
// Get curl version array
$version curl_version();

// These are the bitfields that can be used 
// to check for features in the curl build
$bitfields = Array(
            
'CURL_VERSION_IPV6'
            
'CURL_VERSION_KERBEROS4'
            
'CURL_VERSION_SSL'
            
'CURL_VERSION_LIBZ'
            
);


foreach(
$bitfields as $feature)
{
    echo 
$feature . ($version['features'] & constant($feature) ? ' matches' ' does not match');
    echo 
PHP_EOL;
}
?>