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] void curl_close(CurlHandle $handle)

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

Version	Description
8.0.0	`handle` 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);
?>