<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Returns a new cURL multi handle</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.curl-multi-info-read.html">curl_multi_info_read</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.curl-multi-remove-handle.html">curl_multi_remove_handle</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.curl.html">cURL Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.curl-multi-init" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">curl_multi_init</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">curl_multi_init</span> — <span class="dc-title">Returns a new cURL multi handle</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.curl-multi-init-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>curl_multi_init</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam">void</span> )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> Allows the processing of multiple cURL handles in parallel. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.curl-multi-init-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para">This function has no parameters.</p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.curl-multi-init-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> Returns a cURL multi handle resource on success, <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.curl-multi-init-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <p class="para"> <div class="example" id="example-4220"> <p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>curl_multi_init()</strong></span> example</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"><p> This example will create two cURL handles, add them to a multi handle, and then run them in parallel. </p></div> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// create both cURL resources<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch1 </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_init</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch2 </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">curl_setopt</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch1</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">CURLOPT_URL</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"http://lxr.php.net/"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_setopt</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch1</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">CURLOPT_HEADER</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_setopt</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch2</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">CURLOPT_URL</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"http://www.php.net/"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_setopt</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch2</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">CURLOPT_HEADER</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">//create the multiple cURL handle<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mh </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_multi_init</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">//add the two handles<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_multi_add_handle</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mh</span><span style="color: #007700">,</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch1</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_multi_add_handle</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mh</span><span style="color: #007700">,</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch2</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$active </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">null</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">//execute the handles<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">do {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mrc </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_multi_exec</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mh</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$active</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />} while (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mrc </span><span style="color: #007700">== </span><span style="color: #0000BB">CURLM_CALL_MULTI_PERFORM</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />while (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$active </span><span style="color: #007700">&& </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mrc </span><span style="color: #007700">== </span><span style="color: #0000BB">CURLM_OK</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_multi_select</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mh</span><span style="color: #007700">) != -</span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> do {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mrc </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_multi_exec</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mh</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$active</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> } while (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mrc </span><span style="color: #007700">== </span><span style="color: #0000BB">CURLM_CALL_MULTI_PERFORM</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> }<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">//close the handles<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_multi_remove_handle</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mh</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch1</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_multi_remove_handle</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mh</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch2</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_multi_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mh</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.curl-multi-init-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.curl-init.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">curl_init()</a> - Initialize a cURL session</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.curl-multi-close.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">curl_multi_close()</a> - Close a set of cURL handles</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.curl-multi-info-read.html">curl_multi_info_read</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.curl-multi-remove-handle.html">curl_multi_remove_handle</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.curl.html">cURL Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>