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[HTTP & Networking](/categories/http) 4. / 5. clox/hicurl ActiveLibrary[HTTP & Networking](/categories/http) clox/hicurl =========== hicurl is an object-oriented wrapper of the PHP cURL extension.Its main feature however is the ability to save requested pages and it also includes a javascript "class" for viewing the saved data. v3.15.0(4mo ago)070PHP Since Apr 7Pushed 4mo ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/Clox/hicurl)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/clox/hicurl)[ Docs](https://github.com/Clox/hicurl)[ RSS](/packages/clox-hicurl/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelogDependenciesVersions (44)Used By (0) Hicurl ====== [](#hicurl) A library that aims in making cURL-requests a piece of cake while also allowing for saving the fetched pages along with headers and postdata to files for later viewing. It essentially is a PHP wrapper class for cURL, and a javascript "class" that displays the saved data nicely. Getting Started --------------- [](#getting-started) \###Simple Usage To use Hicurl on the PHP side you simply need to include hicurl.php inside the src folder: ``` require_once 'hicurl/src/hicurl.php'; ``` Then you can do something like the following to begin loading some pages: ``` $hicurl=new Hicurl(); $google=$hicurl->loadSingle('www.google.com'); The $google-variable will now hold an associative array looking like: [ 'content'=>page-content ,'headers'=>all the received headers ,'error'=>false for success, otherwise a description of the error ] ``` It is also easy sending post-data. If an object is passed to the second parameter the request will be sent as POST with that data: ``` require_once 'hicurl/src/hicurl.php'; $hicurl=new Hicurl(); $hicurl->loadSingle('http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/cgi-bin/mycgi.pl',['foo'=>'bar']); ``` \###Settings There's a bunch of settings that can be used. These can be passed or like this: ``` $hicurl=new Hicurl(['cookie'=>'cookies/cookie.txt']); ``` Any calls made with that instance will now save cookies in and send cookies from that file. Settings can be changed after instance-creation: ``` $hicurl->settings(['cookie'=>'cookies/muffin.txt']); ``` Lastly, they may also be passed to the load call in which case they will be merged with the settings of the instance during that call only: ``` $hicurl->loadSingle('www.google.com',null,['cookie'=>'cookies/macarone.txt']); ``` \###Static usage Most methods also have static counterparts which can be convenient if only a single call is to be made: ``` $result=Hicurl->loadSingleStatic($url,$postData,['cookie'=>'cake.txt']); ``` It's equivalent without hicurl would be something along the lines of: ``` $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL, $url); curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POST, true); curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,true); curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION,true); curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER,false); curl_setopt($ch,CURLINFO_HEADER_OUT,true); curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE],'cake.txt'); curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR]'cake.txt'); $postDataString=""; foreach ($postData as $key=>$value) { $postDataString.=urlencode($key)."=".urlencode($value)."&"; } curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, trim($string, ",")); $result=['content'=>curl_exec($ch),'headers'=>curl_getinfo($ch)]; curl_close($ch); ``` "Whew!" ###Saving history Saving data is easy too. For starters we need one additional setting: ``` //set a history output filepath. This setting will be used for subsequent load-calls and will make them save data to that file. $hicurl->settings(['history'=>'history/myHistoryFile']); //load a couple pages. they will be saved to myHistoryFile $hicurl->loadSingle("www.google.com"); $hicurl->loadSingle("www.facebook.com"); //When we are done writing to the file we need to "compile it". //This puts it in a closed state, and also compresses it. //This is the state it is sent to the client in. $hicurl->compileHistory(); ``` \###Sending history There's some easy job to be done for sending the data to the client. Here's one way of doing it: *getHistory.php* ``` require_once 'hicurl/src/hicurl.php'; Hicurl::serveHistory('history/myHistoryFile'); ``` That's what we need for sending the data. Though simply loading this page in the browser wont help much, so we will need to do the following... ###Viewing history To be able to view the data in a meaningful way we will use the javascript hicurl-class. We need to load some files to use it and then write a tiny bit more code. ``` //it expects a DOM-element in its first parameter, where everything will be rendered unto. //As second parameter we will need to pass a url-string where it will fetch the history-data from. hicurl=new Hicurl(document.body,"getMyHistory.php"); //We will need to create that page, e.g. "getHistory.php" in this case, and make it send the data. ``` ### Health Score 45 — FairBetter than 93% of packages Maintenance74 Regular maintenance activity Popularity8 Limited adoption so far Community7 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity76 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 100% 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. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~103 days Recently: every ~414 days Total 39 Last Release 144d ago Major Versions v1.6.0 → v2.0.0-a2015-04-29 2.x-dev → v3.0.02020-04-11 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/445fd233593995371bc75c5bc7c30762f04294939494f140f0133ed3ebe8e99e?d=identicon)[Clox](/maintainers/Clox) --- Top Contributors [![Clox](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/105810?v=4)](https://github.com/Clox "Clox (53 commits)") --- Tags logloggingcurlhistorysave ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/clox-hicurl/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/clox-hicurl/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/clox-hicurl) ``` ### Alternatives [owen-it/laravel-auditing Audit changes of your Eloquent models in Laravel 3.4k33.0M95](/packages/owen-it-laravel-auditing)[bilfeldt/laravel-http-client-logger A logger for the Laravel HTTP Client 1531.6M3](/packages/bilfeldt-laravel-http-client-logger)[gmponos/guzzle_logger A Guzzle middleware to log request and responses automatically 772.2M6](/packages/gmponos-guzzle-logger)[altek/accountant The auditing & accountability package for Laravel's Eloquent ORM. 92954.3k4](/packages/altek-accountant)[onlime/laravel-http-client-global-logger A global logger for the Laravel HTTP Client 1935.1k](/packages/onlime-laravel-http-client-global-logger)[dragon-code/laravel-http-logger Logging incoming HTTP requests 319.8k3](/packages/dragon-code-laravel-http-logger) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)