curl_close

Description

This function closes a CURL session and frees all resources. The CURL handle, ch, is also deleted.

Example 1. Initializing a new CURL session and fetching a webpage <?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); ?>

See also: curl_init().