If you use php curl to scrape web page, the retrieved content may be in compressed format,i.e., the Content-Encoding http response header may have the value “gzip”. How to uncompress […]

We know that we can customize http headers for php curl using CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER. But if we do not add additional headers, what http headers does curl send by default? In […]

I encountered a strange problem of php curl. I use curl to fetch a remote web page as follows: $curl = curl_init(); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, “https://myprogrammingnotes.com”); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HEADER,1); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT,1); curl_setopt($curl, […]

php curl is often used to fetch remote content. Sure you can use file_get_content to fetch remote web pages. But curl has more options to choose. We know that http […]

To debug .php web pages, you want to print something on the browser’s windows when opening the web pages. You can use the php echo or print function to display […]