PHP curl_multi_add_handle() Function Usage and Example

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(PHP 5)

curl_multi_add_handle — Add a single CURL handle to the CURL batch session

Description

int curl_multi_add_handle ( resource $mh , resource $ch )

Add ch handle to the batch session mh

Parameter

mh

CURL multiple handles returned by curl_multi_init().

ch

CURL handle returned by curl_init().

Return Value

Returns 0 on success, and returns an error code of CURLM_XXX on failure.

Online Example

This example will create2CURL handles, add them to the batch handle, and then run them in parallel.

<?php
// Create a pair of CURL resources
$ch1 = curl_init();
$ch2 = curl_init();
// Set URL and corresponding options
curl_setopt($ch1, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.oldtoolbag.com/");
curl_setopt($ch1, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch2, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.php.net/");
curl_setopt($ch2, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
// Create batch CURL handle
$mh = curl_multi_init();
// add2handle
curl_multi_add_handle($mh,$ch1);
curl_multi_add_handle($mh,$ch2);
$running=null;
// Execute batch handles
do {
    curl_multi_exec($mh,$running);
} while($running > 0);
// Close all handles
curl_multi_remove_handle($mh, $ch1);
curl_multi_remove_handle($mh, $ch2);
curl_multi_close($mh);
?>

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