Is there a way to execute this CURL request without printing the response?

Question

echo "<p style='display:none'>";
$url = 'https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/TRIGGER/with/key/MYKEY';
$ch = curl_init($url);
$xml = 'value1='.$_POST["name"].'&value2='.$_POST["overview"];
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $xml);
$response = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch);
echo "</p>";

So this may stem from my lack of understanding on CURL, I haven't done much with it. Is there a way to execute this request to IFTTT without the "You have successfully triggered..." showing up on my page? As you can see I have a sloppy fix that's working for now.

Answer 1

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);

From the curl_setopt documentation:

CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER

TRUE to return the transfer as a string of the return value of curl_exec() instead of outputting it directly.

Answer 2

You need to set CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER to true. From the Docs,

TRUE to return the transfer as a string of the return value of curl_exec() instead of outputting it directly.

curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);