Curl Example code php

You must enable CURL libraries on you system


CASE 1: Just retrieve the site content

<?php
$ch = curl_init() or die(curl_error());
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"http://www.bing.com/search?q=test&FORM=MSNH");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$data1=curl_exec($ch) or die(curl_error());
echo "".$data1."";
echo curl_error($ch);
curl_close($ch);
?>

CASE 2: Retreive the site content by posting the value from FORM for eg. contact form and other
<?php
$a=$_POST["a"]; // Form posted value
$ch = curl_init() or die(curl_error());
$params="a=$a";
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST,1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,$params);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"http://www.abc.com");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$data1=curl_exec($ch) or die(curl_error());
echo "".$data1."";
echo curl_error($ch);
curl_close($ch);
?>

CASE 3: Retrieve date from HTTPS site
<?php
$a=$_POST["a"];
$ch = curl_init() or die(curl_error());
$params="a=$a";
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST,1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,$params);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"http://www.abc.com");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, 'username:password'); // IF required
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST,0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER,0);
$data1=curl_exec($ch) or die(curl_error());
echo "".$data1."";
echo curl_error($ch);
curl_close($ch);
?>