curl_share_init

(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

curl_share_initInitialize a cURL share handle

Description

curl_share_init(): CurlShareHandle

Allows to share data between cURL handles.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns a cURL share handle.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 This function returns a CurlShareHandle instance now; previously, a resource was returned.

Examples

Example #1 curl_share_init() example

This example will create a cURL share handle, add two cURL handles to it, and then run them with cookie data sharing.

<?php// Create cURL share handle and set it to share cookie data$sh = curl_share_init();curl_share_setopt($sh, CURLSHOPT_SHARE, CURL_LOCK_DATA_COOKIE);// Initialize the first cURL handle and assign the share handle to it$ch1 = curl_init("http://example.com/");curl_setopt($ch1, CURLOPT_SHARE, $sh);// Execute the first cURL handlecurl_exec($ch1);// Initialize the second cURL handle and assign the share handle to it$ch2 = curl_init("http://php.net/");curl_setopt($ch2, CURLOPT_SHARE, $sh);// Execute the second cURL handle//  all cookies from $ch1 handle are shared with $ch2 handlecurl_exec($ch2);// Close the cURL share handlecurl_share_close($sh);// Close the cURL handlescurl_close($ch1);curl_close($ch2);?>

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