PHP Functions Essential Reference

curl_exec

mixed curl_exec(int curld) 

Executes the operations that have been set up for the cURL session.

Returns:

FALSE on error; TRUE on success (but see description)

Description:

After a cURL session has been created with curl_init() and any necessary options have been set with curl_setopt(), this function causes the session to execute the transfer and any other associated actions.

By default, curl_exec() returns TRUE on success and FALSE on error.Any returned data is then typically written to the appropriate file pointer: STDOUT by default, or something else if set (for instance, with CURLOPT_FILE). However, if the CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER option has been set to TRUE with curl_setopt(), any data retrieved by the transfer operation will not ...