PHP and CURL query and how to retrieve response in variable

Question

i am trying to use the CURL to get a respose back in a PHP web app..

curl -d "qid=QID&api_key=API_KEY&api_sig=API_SIG&time_stamp=TIMESTAMP" \
 http://api.1.com/v1.2/result/

I have all the variables as known - but how do i form and execute above in PHP to get the result into a $RESULTRESPONSE variable? I am expecting a response in xml format back.

I know of curl_init, curl_exec, but not sure how curl_setopt comes into play for this. Thanks.

Peter Pan · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-12 01:26:28Z

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$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'YOU_URL_GOES_HERE');
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 0);
$YOUR_RETURN_EDCONTENT_GOES_HERE = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

Not 100% sure what you mean, but this will store your information from the curl in the $YOUR_RETURN_EDCONTENT_GOES_HERE variable.

edited Feb 12, 2016 at 1:26

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ChicagoDude Over a year ago

In above API example: curl -d "qid=QID&api_key=API_KEY&api_sig=API_SIG&time_stamp=TIMESTAMP" \ api.1.com/v1.2/result

ChicagoDude Over a year ago

Is the CURLOPT_URL == api.1.com/v1.2/result/… ??

OptimusCrime Over a year ago

Replace 'YOUURLGOESHERE' with your url, yes. But I can't access that webpage. Are you sure it's correct?

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