what is curl in php?

hi guys,

Can anyone help me to explain how curl library works in php. I have no clue how it works.

thanks

 

For the full technical definition trying searching it on Google. Its a multi-process.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CURL explains cURL. Libraries are a whole different thing. (I'm not sure if you're asking how cURL works or how libraries work.)

BTW, cURL is a command-line program. The library version is called libcurl.

 

Its basically to send HTTP request on the server.... for more details google..

 

cURL is a computer software project providing a library and command-line tool for transferring data using various protocols. The cURL project produces two products, libcurl and cURL. For more details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CURL

 

cURL is a command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax, supporting FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS.

 

curl allows you to connect and communicate to many different types of servers with many different types of protocols. libcurl currently supports the http, https, ftp, gopher, telnet, dict, file, and ldap protocols. libcurl also supports HTTPS certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading (this can also be done with PHP's ftp extension), HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, and user+password authentication.

Go through php manual for curl for more details.


sheetal

 

You can get Content from another domain with cURL.

 

I should add these lines in my questions too. please it.

 

Curl is used to connect and communicate with many different types of servers with various types of protocols like http, ftp, https, telnet, gopher, etc. You can search internet to know about the working of a curl library.