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[HTTP & Networking](/categories/http) 4. / 5. php-mod/curl Abandoned → [curl/curl](/?search=curl%2Fcurl)Library[HTTP & Networking](/categories/http) php-mod/curl ============ cURL class for PHP 2.5.0(3y ago)3272.2k↓66.7%119[2 issues](https://github.com/php-mod/curl/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/php-mod/curl/pulls)1MITPHPPHP ^5.6 | ^7.0 | ^8.0CI passing Since Nov 3Pushed 6mo ago12 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/php-mod/curl)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/php-mod/curl)[ Docs](https://github.com/php-mod/curl)[ RSS](/packages/php-mod-curl/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3d ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (1)Versions (34)Used By (1)Security (1) PHP Curl Class ============== [](#php-curl-class) This library provides an object-oriented and dependency free wrapper of the PHP cURL extension. 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Installation ------------ [](#installation) In order to install this library via composer run the following command in the console: ``` composer require curl/curl ``` Usage examples -------------- [](#usage-examples) A few example for using CURL with get: ``` $curl = (new Curl\Curl())->get('http://www.example.com/'); if ($curl->isSuccess()) { // do something with response var_dump($curl->response); } // ensure to close the curl connection $curl->close(); ``` Or with params, values will be encoded with `PHP_QUERY_RFC1738`: ``` $curl = (new Curl\Curl())->get('http://www.example.com/search', [ 'q' => 'keyword', ]); ``` An example using post ``` $curl = new Curl\Curl(); $curl->post('http://www.example.com/login/', [ 'username' => 'myusername', 'password' => 'mypassword', ]); ``` An exampling using basic authentication, remove default user agent and working with error handling ``` $curl = new Curl\Curl(); $curl->setBasicAuthentication('username', 'password'); $curl->setUserAgent(''); $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($curl->response_headers); ``` Example access to curl object: ``` curl_set_opt($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 ------- [](#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. Build and start the docker image (in `tests/server`) `docker build . -t curlserver` start `docker run -p 1234:80 curlserver` 5. Run the unit tests `./vendor/bin/phpunit tests` ### Health Score 52 — FairBetter than 96% of packages Maintenance46 Moderate activity, may be stable Popularity38 Limited adoption so far Community33 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity79 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits 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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