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cURL Functions
Add a normal cURL handle to a cURL multi handle

curl_multi_add_handle

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

curl_multi_add_handle — Add a normal cURL handle to a cURL multi handle

Description

curl_multi_add_handle(CurlMultiHandle $multi_handle, CurlHandle $handle): int

Adds the handle handle to the multi handle multi_handle

Parameters

multi_handle: A cURL multi handle returned by curl_multi_init().
handle: A cURL handle returned by curl_init().

Return Values

Returns 0 on success, or one of the CURLM_XXX errors code.

Changelog

Version	Description
8.0.0	`multi_handle` expects a CurlMultiHandle instance now; previously, a resource was expected.
8.0.0	`handle` expects a CurlHandle instance now; previously, a resource was expected.

Examples

Example #1 curl_multi_add_handle() example

This example will create two cURL handles, add them to a multi handle, and process them asynchronously.


<?php
// create both cURL resources
$ch1 = curl_init();
$ch2 = curl_init();

// set URL and other appropriate options
curl_setopt($ch1, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.example.com/");
curl_setopt($ch1, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch2, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.php.net/");
curl_setopt($ch2, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);

//create the multiple cURL handle
$mh = curl_multi_init();

//add the two handles
curl_multi_add_handle($mh,$ch1);
curl_multi_add_handle($mh,$ch2);

//execute the multi handle
do {
    $status = curl_multi_exec($mh, $active);
    if ($active) {
        curl_multi_select($mh);
    }
} while ($active && $status == CURLM_OK);

//close all the handles
curl_multi_remove_handle($mh, $ch1);
curl_multi_remove_handle($mh, $ch2);
curl_multi_close($mh);
?>