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## Basic curl example

Once you've compiled PHP with cURL support, you can begin using the cURL functions. The basic idea behind the cURL functions is that you initialize a cURL session using the curl_init(), then you can set all your options for the transfer via the curl_setopt(), then you can execute the session with the curl_exec() and then you finish off your session using the curl_close(). Here is an example that uses the cURL functions to fetch the example.com homepage into a file:

Example #1 Using PHP's cURL module to fetch the example.com homepage

    <?php$ch = curl_init("http://www.example.com/");$fp = fopen("example_homepage.txt", "w");curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FILE, $fp);curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);curl_exec($ch);if(curl_error($ch)) {    fwrite($fp, curl_error($ch));}curl_close($ch);fclose($fp);?>