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curl_setopt

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

curl_setopt — Set an option for a cURL transfer

Description

curl_setopt(CurlHandle $handle, int $option, mixed $value): bool

Sets an option on the given cURL session handle.

Parameters

handle

A cURL handle returned by curl_init().

option

The CURLOPT_* option to set.

value

The value to be set on option. See the description of the CURLOPT_* constants for details on the type of values each constant expects.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Changelog

Version Description
8.4.0 CURLOPT_DNS_USE_GLOBAL_CACHE no longer has any effect, and enabling it on thread-safe PHP builds no longer triggers a warning.
8.0.0 handle expects a CurlHandle instance now; previously, a resource was expected.
7.3.15, 7.4.3 Introduced CURLOPT_HTTP09_ALLOWED.
7.3.0 Introduced CURLOPT_ABSTRACT_UNIX_SOCKET, CURLOPT_KEEP_SENDING_ON_ERROR, CURLOPT_PRE_PROXY, CURLOPT_PROXY_CAINFO, CURLOPT_PROXY_CAPATH, CURLOPT_PROXY_CRLFILE, CURLOPT_PROXY_KEYPASSWD, CURLOPT_PROXY_PINNEDPUBLICKEY, CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLCERT, CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLCERTTYPE, CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_CIPHER_LIST, CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLKEY, CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLKEYTYPE, CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_OPTIONS, CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYHOST, CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER, CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLVERSION, CURLOPT_PROXY_TLSAUTH_PASSWORD, CURLOPT_PROXY_TLSAUTH_TYPE, CURLOPT_PROXY_TLSAUTH_USERNAME, CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH, CURLOPT_SUPPRESS_CONNECT_HEADERS, CURLOPT_DISALLOW_USERNAME_IN_URL, CURLOPT_DNS_SHUFFLE_ADDRESSES, CURLOPT_HAPPY_EYEBALLS_TIMEOUT_MS, CURLOPT_HAPROXYPROTOCOL, CURLOPT_PROXY_TLS13_CIPHERS, CURLOPT_SSH_COMPRESSION, CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE_LARGE and CURLOPT_TLS13_CIPHERS.
7.0.7 Introduced CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2, CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_PRIOR_KNOWLEDGE, CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS, CURL_REDIR_POST_301, CURL_REDIR_POST_302, CURL_REDIR_POST_303, CURL_REDIR_POST_ALL, CURL_VERSION_KERBEROS5, CURL_VERSION_PSL, CURL_VERSION_UNIX_SOCKETS, CURLAUTH_NEGOTIATE, CURLAUTH_NTLM_WB, CURLFTP_CREATE_DIR, CURLFTP_CREATE_DIR_NONE, CURLFTP_CREATE_DIR_RETRY, CURLHEADER_SEPARATE, CURLHEADER_UNIFIED, CURLMOPT_CHUNK_LENGTH_PENALTY_SIZE, CURLMOPT_CONTENT_LENGTH_PENALTY_SIZE, CURLMOPT_MAX_HOST_CONNECTIONS, CURLMOPT_MAX_PIPELINE_LENGTH, CURLMOPT_MAX_TOTAL_CONNECTIONS, CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO, CURLOPT_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL, CURLOPT_DNS_INTERFACE, CURLOPT_DNS_LOCAL_IP4, CURLOPT_DNS_LOCAL_IP6, CURLOPT_EXPECT_100_TIMEOUT_MS, CURLOPT_HEADEROPT, CURLOPT_LOGIN_OPTIONS, CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS, CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY, CURLOPT_PIPEWAIT, CURLOPT_PROXY_SERVICE_NAME, CURLOPT_PROXYHEADER, CURLOPT_SASL_IR, CURLOPT_SERVICE_NAME, CURLOPT_SSL_ENABLE_ALPN, CURLOPT_SSL_ENABLE_NPN, CURLOPT_SSL_FALSESTART, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYSTATUS, CURLOPT_STREAM_WEIGHT, CURLOPT_TCP_FASTOPEN, CURLOPT_TFTP_NO_OPTIONS, CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH, CURLOPT_XOAUTH2_BEARER, CURLPROTO_SMB, CURLPROTO_SMBS, CURLPROXY_HTTP_1_0, CURLSSH_AUTH_AGENT and CURLSSLOPT_NO_REVOKE.

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($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.example.com/");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);

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

Notes

Note:

Passing an array to CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS will encode the data as multipart/form-data, while passing a URL-encoded string will encode the data as application/x-www-form-urlencoded.

See Also

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Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License v3.0 or later.
https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.curl-setopt.php