curl_close

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

curl_close — Close a cURL session

Warning

This function has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 8.5.0. Relying on this function is highly discouraged.

Description

#[\Deprecated]
curl_close(CurlHandle $handle): void

Note:

This function has no effect. Prior to PHP 8.0.0, this function was used to close the resource.

Closes a cURL session and frees all resources. The cURL handle, handle, is also deleted.

Parameters

handle

A cURL handle returned by curl_init().

Return Values

No value is returned.

Changelog

VersionDescription
8.5.0This function has been deprecated.
8.0.0This function is a NOP now.
8.0.0handle expects a CurlHandle instance now; previously, a resource was expected.

Examples

Example #1 Initializing a new cURL session and fetching a web page

<?php
// create a new cURL resource
$ch = curl_init();

// set URL and other appropriate options
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.example.com/");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);

// grab URL and pass it to the browser
curl_exec($ch);

// close cURL resource, and free up system resources
curl_close($ch);
?>

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