Don't Echo Out cURL

Question

When I use this code:

$ch = curl_init($url);
$statuses = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

I am returned what I want, but if I just use that - $statuses is echoed out onto the page.

How can I stop this?

is there something wrong with if we add directly echo $statuses ? — gumuruh, Sep 02 '22 at 09:51

score 235 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 16 '09 at 22:54

235

Put this on line 2:

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);

answered Dec 16 '09 at 22:54

Matt McCormick

score 73 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 16 '09 at 22:55

73

Include this option before curl_exec()

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

answered Dec 16 '09 at 22:55

Dominic Barnes

14

I like this answer more because it is far clearer that you are specifying a boolean value, not a number. – MirroredFate Oct 30 '13 at 23:36
2

Additionally it specifies that it must be put before the exec. Though that is relatively intuitive, it may save some people a mistake. – csga5000 Dec 04 '15 at 10:41

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 16 '20 at 00:25

1

In addition to the accepted answer, make sure you didn't set CURLOPT_VERBOSE to true, if you add this

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, true );

there will be output from cUrl, even with CURL_RETURNTRANSFER set to true

answered Aug 16 '20 at 00:25

patrick

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