Curl functions in PHPWE can collect data from other websites by posting like a browser by using php curl functions. This is not only to collect data but we can also submit form data by POST or GET method. Curl function supports many other protocols. Initially we will start with mostly used HTTP and Post protocols for our scripts and then we will work on others.Curl support.We have to first ensure that curl support is available in our server, for this PHP installation is to be checked. The best way is to check is our php info function. Here is a screen shot of php info.![]() If curl support is not available then process is same as adding any other features to PHP. Here is one example. Same can be followed to add curl extensions in PHP. Once the curl support is available then we will start with a simple code by getting google.com url. The first line will initialize a curl instance and then we will use
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