cURL code in PHP dumps output to the page

Question

How do I hide the output from curl in PHP?

My code as it stands is the following:

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $pass);
$result = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close ($ch);

The problem is that is spews out the entire page to the user. Instead I want to capture the output and simply show a "success" or "failed" message?

Greg · Accepted Answer · 2009-08-05 17:10:33Z

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Use this option to curl_setopt():

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

This will make curl_exec return the data instead of outputting it.

To see if it was successful you can then check $result and also curl_error().

answered Aug 5, 2009 at 17:10

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Gellie Ann Over a year ago

I've read from stackoverflow.com/a/18203696/2495584 that it uses 1 as the second paramater. Which is the better one to use?

mrpatg Over a year ago

0/False and 1/True are interchangeable as boolean data types. So, it's exactly the same thing, take your pick.

Eric Leschinski · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-12 19:40:51Z

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Also make sure to turn off this option:

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 0);

Or else it will still print everything to screen.

answered Sep 12, 2014 at 19:40

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hanshenrik Over a year ago

else it will still print everything to screen - no it won't, CURLOPT_VERBOSE is 0 by default, and always has been.

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