Ask About PHP: PHP Basics: Accessing Remote URLs using cURL

Courtesy PHPDeveloper.org  Mon, 06/22/2009 - 11:06

In this new post to the Ask About PHP blog they take a look at one of the basics of using PHP - fetching the data from a remote URL via the cURL extension.

In PHP, there are actually four ways to access a remote URL - fopen() fsockopen(), cURL extensions and HTTP_Request class from the PEAR library.

Now, choosing one way over another really depends on your needs for simplicity, control, and portability. Generally, I prefer...

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