PHPackages bjz/curl - PHPackages - PHPackages [Skip to content](#main-content)[PHPackages](/)[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Leaderboard](/leaderboard)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)[Collections](/collections)[Log in](/login)[Sign up](/register) 1. [Directory](/) 2. / 3. [HTTP & Networking](/categories/http) 4. / 5. bjz/curl ActiveLibrary[HTTP & Networking](/categories/http) bjz/curl ======== cURL class for PHP .change function setOpt to return $this for chan operation 1.9.1(7y ago)09MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0 Since Nov 3Pushed 7y agoCompare [ Source](https://github.com/baijunzhen/curl)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/bjz/curl)[ Docs](https://github.com/php-mod/curl)[ RSS](/packages/bjz-curl/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3d ago READMEChangelogDependencies (2)Versions (23)Used By (0) PHP Curl Class ============== [](#php-curl-class) This library provides an object-oriented wrapper of the PHP cURL extension. If you have questions or problems with installation or usage [create an Issue](https://github.com/php-mod/curl/issues). Installation ------------ [](#installation) In order to install this library via composer run the following command in the console: ``` composer require curl/curl ``` or add the package manually to your composer.json file in the require section: ``` "curl/curl": "^1.5" ``` Usage examples -------------- [](#usage-examples) ``` $curl = new Curl\Curl(); $curl->get('http://www.example.com/'); ``` ``` $curl = new Curl\Curl(); $curl->get('http://www.example.com/search', array( 'q' => 'keyword', )); ``` ``` $curl = new Curl\Curl(); $curl->post('http://www.example.com/login/', array( 'username' => 'myusername', 'password' => 'mypassword', )); ``` ``` $curl = new Curl\Curl(); $curl->setBasicAuthentication('username', 'password'); $curl->setUserAgent(''); $curl->setReferrer(''); $curl->setHeader('X-Requested-With', 'XMLHttpRequest'); $curl->setCookie('key', 'value'); $curl->get('http://www.example.com/'); if ($curl->error) { echo $curl->error_code; } else { echo $curl->response; } var_dump($curl->request_headers); var_dump($curl->response_headers); ``` ``` $curl = new Curl\Curl(); $curl->setOpt(CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE); $curl->setOpt(CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE); $curl->get('https://encrypted.example.com/'); ``` ``` $curl = new Curl\Curl(); $curl->put('http://api.example.com/user/', array( 'first_name' => 'Zach', 'last_name' => 'Borboa', )); ``` ``` $curl = new Curl\Curl(); $curl->patch('http://api.example.com/profile/', array( 'image' => '@path/to/file.jpg', )); ``` ``` $curl = new Curl\Curl(); $curl->delete('http://api.example.com/user/', array( 'id' => '1234', )); ``` ``` $curl->close(); ``` ``` // Example access to curl object. curl_set_opt($curl->curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, 'Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1'); curl_close($curl->curl); ``` ``` // Example of downloading a file or any other content $curl = new Curl\Curl(); // open the file where the request response should be written $file_handle = fopen($target_file, 'w+'); // pass it to the curl resource $curl->setOpt(CURLOPT_FILE, $file_handle); // do any type of request $curl->get('https://github.com'); // disable writing to file $curl->setOpt(CURLOPT_FILE, null); // close the file for writing fclose($file_handle); ``` \## Testing In order to test the library: 1. Create a fork 2. Clone the fork to your machine 3. Install the depencies `composer install` 4. Run the unit tests `./vendor/bin/phpunit tests` ### Health Score 29 — LowBetter than 59% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity4 Limited adoption so far Community17 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity68 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 59.6% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. 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