Where cURL store files in web server?

Question

I have a centOS machine using a nginx web server. In my application (php) I use cURL to get a remote file and then send it to the view:

     $cache_expire = 60*60*24*365;
     header("Pragma: public");
     header("Cache-Control: maxage=". $cache_expire);
     header('Expires: ' . gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s', time() + $cache_expire).' GMT');

     $ch = curl_init();
     $timeout = 5;
     curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $REMOTE-FILE-URL);
     curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
     curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $timeout);
     $img = curl_exec($ch);
     curl_close($ch);

     echo $img;

I wonder, cURL needs to download the file to a tmp/cache folder somewhere in my server right? Where is this folder? Is the file deleted later or I have to clean the folder once in while?

Why do you think curl needs to write to a temp file? – Zoredache Aug 06 '14 at 16:28 — Zoredache, Aug 06 '14 at 16:28

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 06 '14 at 16:38

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In this situation, the results would be stored in RAM for the duration of the script. No cleanup is necessary.

answered Aug 06 '14 at 16:38

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Where cURL store files in web server?

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