curl_multi_init

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

curl_multi_initReturns a new cURL multi handle

Description

curl_multi_init(): CurlMultiHandle

Allows the processing of multiple cURL handles asynchronously.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns a cURL multi handle.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 On success, this function returns a CurlMultiHandle instance now; previously, a resource was returned.

Examples

Example #1 curl_multi_init() example

This example will create two cURL handles, add them to a multi handle, and process them asynchronously.

<?php// create both cURL resources$ch1 = curl_init();$ch2 = curl_init();// set URL and other appropriate optionscurl_setopt($ch1, CURLOPT_URL, "http://lxr.php.net/");curl_setopt($ch1, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);curl_setopt($ch2, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.php.net/");curl_setopt($ch2, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);//create the multiple cURL handle$mh = curl_multi_init();//add the two handlescurl_multi_add_handle($mh,$ch1);curl_multi_add_handle($mh,$ch2);//execute the multi handledo {    $status = curl_multi_exec($mh, $active);    if ($active) {        curl_multi_select($mh);    }} while ($active && $status == CURLM_OK);//close the handlescurl_multi_remove_handle($mh, $ch1);curl_multi_remove_handle($mh, $ch2);curl_multi_close($mh);?>

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