cURL Functions
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curl_multi_add_handle

Add a normal cURL handle to a cURL multi handle

Description

int curl_multi_add_handle ( resource $mh , resource $ch )

Adds the ch handle to the multi handle mh

Parameters

mh

A cURL multi handle returned by curl_multi_init.

ch

A cURL handle returned by curl_init.

Return Values

Returns 0 on success, or one of the CURLM_XXX errors code.

Examples

Example #1 curl_multi_add_handle example

This example will create two cURL handles, add them to a multi handle, and then run them in parallel.

<?php
// create both cURL resources
$ch1 = curl_init();
$ch2 = curl_init();

// set URL and other appropriate options
curl_setopt($ch1, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.example.com/");
curl_setopt($ch1, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch2, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.php.net/");
curl_setopt($ch2, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);

//create the multiple cURL handle
$mh = curl_multi_init();

//add the two handles
curl_multi_add_handle($mh,$ch1);
curl_multi_add_handle($mh,$ch2);

$running=null;
//execute the handles
do {
    curl_multi_exec($mh,$running);
} while($running > 0);

//close all the handles
curl_multi_remove_handle($mh, $ch1);
curl_multi_remove_handle($mh, $ch2);
curl_multi_close($mh);
?>

See Also

  • curl_multi_remove_handle
  • curl_multi_init
  • curl_init