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$ch = curl_init();
// set URL and other appropriate options
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://www.hushmail.com/signup/turingimage?hush_domain=hushmail.com");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false); 
// grab URL and pass it to the browser
curl_exec($ch);
// close cURL resource, and free up system resources
curl_close($ch);

result:

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however, if i go to https://www.hushmail.com/signup/turingimage?hush_domain=hushmail.com via browser

that's okay. it works, it shows the image. why doesn't php curl work? i just want to learn the reason...

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    Why are you downloading CAPTCHA images from hushmail.com? Commented Feb 12, 2011 at 23:23
  • it was just an example. i'm not downloading their captchas. i just wanted to use it as a sample to show you. everythings okay. Commented Feb 12, 2011 at 23:32

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That's the correct image data, cURL worked perfectly.

What you're missing is a content-type header to tell the browser you're sending an image and not text/html.

header("Content-type: image/jpeg");
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omg, you are perfect. i have spent my 15 hours on this issue. you solved my problem within the only 5 seconds. omg, thank you :) it works perfect..

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