note 107667 added to function.curl-setopt

As of at least PHP 5.3.9, if you are continuing to use a cURL session handle after downloading a file and closing the file handle, you will need to change CURLOPT_FILE back to stdout, and cannot count simply on a side effect of CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER to do so, even if you are setting it. For example: $ch = curl_init(); $fh = fopen('/path/to/stored/file/example_file.dat', 'w'); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FILE, $fh); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'http://example.com/example_file.dat'); curl_exec($ch); fflush($fh); fclose($fh); //must reset cURL file handle. Not doing so will cause a warning to be //thrown and for cURL to default to output regardless //for our example, we'll set return transfer. curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FILE, fopen('php://stdout', 'w')); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'http://example2.com/index.html'); $html = curl_exec($ch); //this will now work ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.55 Probable Submitter: 70.167.158.178 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.curl-setopt.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/107667 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107667/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107667/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107667/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107667/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107667/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107667/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107667 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/107667 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php