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<h1 class="refname">curl_setopt_array</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.1.3)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">curl_setopt_array</span> — <span class="dc-title">Set multiple options for a cURL transfer</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.curl-setopt-array-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>curl_setopt_array</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$ch</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter">$options</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Sets multiple options for a cURL session. This function is
useful for setting a large amount of cURL options without repetitively
calling <span class="function"><a href="function.curl-setopt.html" class="function">curl_setopt()</a></span>.
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.curl-setopt-array-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">ch</code></em>
</span><dd>
<p class="para">A cURL handle returned by
<span class="function"><a href="function.curl-init.html" class="function">curl_init()</a></span>.</p></dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">options</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
An <span class="type"><a href="language.types.array.html" class="type array">array</a></span> specifying which options to set and their values.
The keys should be valid <span class="function"><a href="function.curl-setopt.html" class="function">curl_setopt()</a></span> constants or
their integer equivalents.
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</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.curl-setopt-array-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> if all options were successfully set. If an option could
not be successfully set, <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> is immediately returned, ignoring any
future options in the <em><code class="parameter">options</code></em> array.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.curl-setopt-array-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-4223">
<p><strong>Example #1
Initializing a new cURL session and fetching a web page
</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// create a new cURL resource<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_init</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// set URL and other appropriate options<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$options </span><span style="color: #007700">= array(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">CURLOPT_URL </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'http://www.example.com/'</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">CURLOPT_HEADER </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">false<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_setopt_array</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$options</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// grab URL and pass it to the browser<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_exec</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// close cURL resource, and free up system resources<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<p class="para">
Prior to PHP 5.1.3 this function can be simulated with:
</p>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-4224">
<p><strong>Example #2 Our own implementation of <span class="function"><strong>curl_setopt_array()</strong></span></strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">function_exists</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'curl_setopt_array'</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> function </span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_setopt_array</span><span style="color: #007700">(&</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$curl_options</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br /> {<br /> foreach (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$curl_options </span><span style="color: #007700">as </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$option </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$value</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> if (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_setopt</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$option</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$value</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> return </span><span style="color: #0000BB">false</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> } <br /> }<br /> return </span><span style="color: #0000BB">true</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> }<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-function.curl-setopt-array-notes">
<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
As with <span class="function"><a href="function.curl-setopt.html" class="function">curl_setopt()</a></span>, passing an array to
<strong><code>CURLOPT_POST</code></strong> will encode the data as
<em class="emphasis">multipart/form-data</em>, while passing a
URL-encoded string will encode the data as
<em class="emphasis">application/x-www-form-urlencoded</em>.
</p>
</p></blockquote>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.curl-setopt-array-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.curl-setopt.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">curl_setopt()</a> - Set an option for a cURL transfer</span></li>
</ul>
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