Re: directing curl output to an array or string

From	bill <william@TechServSys.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php
Subject	Re: directing curl output to an array or string
Date	2022-03-12 07:33 -0500
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On 3/10/2022 8:24 PM, Lew Pitcher wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Mar 2022 19:26:48 -0500, bill wrote:
> 
>> On 3/10/2022 3:44 PM, Lew Pitcher wrote:
>>> On Thu, 10 Mar 2022 20:30:49 +0000, Lew Pitcher wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 10 Mar 2022 15:19:19 -0500, bill wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I would like to direct curl output to a string or an array.
>>>>
>>>> See the first example on
>>>>     https://www.php.net/manual/en/curl.examples.php
>>>
>>> or, did you mean something like
>>>
>>> <?php
>>>     exec("curl http://google.com/",$OUTPUT,$RC);
>>>     echo $OUTPUT;
>>> ?>
> 
> To answer the question you asked me offline
> 
>> Please explain the "something like"
> 
> while PHP has a built-in cURL interface (in the curl_* functions),
> you can also use the php exec() function to execute the standalone
> curl command.
> 
> https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php
> explains the parameters to this function.
> 
> The array (that I named $OUTPUT) will contain the data returned
> by the curl command, satisfying your quest to "direct curl output
> to ... an array".
> 
> The argument that I named $RC will contain the return status of the
> curl command.
> 
> 
>> Thanks Lew.
>> -bill
> 
> You are very welcome.
> 
> Luck be with you

Thanks again Lew and apologies for contacting  you directly.  I 
hit the wrong reply button.
-bill

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directing curl output to an array or string bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2022-03-10 15:19 -0500
  Re: directing curl output to an array or string Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2022-03-10 20:30 +0000
    Re: directing curl output to an array or string Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2022-03-10 20:44 +0000
      Re: directing curl output to an array or string bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2022-03-10 19:26 -0500
        Re: directing curl output to an array or string Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2022-03-11 01:24 +0000
          Re: directing curl output to an array or string bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2022-03-12 07:33 -0500

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