Set an option for a cURL transfer

# curl_setopt

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

curl_setopt — Set an option for a cURL transfer

### Description

curl_setopt(CurlHandle `$handle`, int `$option`, mixed `$value`): bool

Sets an option on the given cURL session handle.

### Parameters

`handle`

  A cURL handle returned by curl_init().

`option`

  The `CURLOPT_*` option to set.

`value`

  The value to be set on `option`. See the description of the `CURLOPT_*` constants for details on the type of values each constant expects.

### Return Values

Returns `true` on success or `false` on failure.

### Changelog

Version | Description
--- | ---
8.4.0 | `CURLOPT_DNS_USE_GLOBAL_CACHE` no longer has any effect, and enabling it on thread-safe PHP builds no longer triggers a warning.
8.0.0 | `handle` expects a CurlHandle instance now; previously, a resource was expected.
7.3.15, 7.4.3 | Introduced `CURLOPT_HTTP09_ALLOWED`.
7.3.0 | Introduced `CURLOPT_ABSTRACT_UNIX_SOCKET`, `CURLOPT_KEEP_SENDING_ON_ERROR`, `CURLOPT_PRE_PROXY`, `CURLOPT_PROXY_CAINFO`, `CURLOPT_PROXY_CAPATH`, `CURLOPT_PROXY_CRLFILE`, `CURLOPT_PROXY_KEYPASSWD`, `CURLOPT_PROXY_PINNEDPUBLICKEY`, `CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLCERT`, `CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLCERTTYPE`, `CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_CIPHER_LIST`, `CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLKEY`, `CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLKEYTYPE`, `CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_OPTIONS`, `CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYHOST`, `CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER`, `CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLVERSION`, `CURLOPT_PROXY_TLSAUTH_PASSWORD`, `CURLOPT_PROXY_TLSAUTH_TYPE`, `CURLOPT_PROXY_TLSAUTH_USERNAME`, `CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH`, `CURLOPT_SUPPRESS_CONNECT_HEADERS`, `CURLOPT_DISALLOW_USERNAME_IN_URL`, `CURLOPT_DNS_SHUFFLE_ADDRESSES`, `CURLOPT_HAPPY_EYEBALLS_TIMEOUT_MS`, `CURLOPT_HAPROXYPROTOCOL`, `CURLOPT_PROXY_TLS13_CIPHERS`, `CURLOPT_SSH_COMPRESSION`, `CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE_LARGE` and `CURLOPT_TLS13_CIPHERS`.
7.0.7 | Introduced `CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2`, `CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_PRIOR_KNOWLEDGE`, `CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS`, `CURL_REDIR_POST_301`, `CURL_REDIR_POST_302`, `CURL_REDIR_POST_303`, `CURL_REDIR_POST_ALL`, `CURL_VERSION_KERBEROS5`, `CURL_VERSION_PSL`, `CURL_VERSION_UNIX_SOCKETS`, `CURLAUTH_NEGOTIATE`, `CURLAUTH_NTLM_WB`, `CURLFTP_CREATE_DIR`, `CURLFTP_CREATE_DIR_NONE`, `CURLFTP_CREATE_DIR_RETRY`, `CURLHEADER_SEPARATE`, `CURLHEADER_UNIFIED`, `CURLMOPT_CHUNK_LENGTH_PENALTY_SIZE`, `CURLMOPT_CONTENT_LENGTH_PENALTY_SIZE`, `CURLMOPT_MAX_HOST_CONNECTIONS`, `CURLMOPT_MAX_PIPELINE_LENGTH`, `CURLMOPT_MAX_TOTAL_CONNECTIONS`, `CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO`, `CURLOPT_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL`, `CURLOPT_DNS_INTERFACE`, `CURLOPT_DNS_LOCAL_IP4`, `CURLOPT_DNS_LOCAL_IP6`, `CURLOPT_EXPECT_100_TIMEOUT_MS`, `CURLOPT_HEADEROPT`, `CURLOPT_LOGIN_OPTIONS`, `CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS`, `CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY`, `CURLOPT_PIPEWAIT`, `CURLOPT_PROXY_SERVICE_NAME`, `CURLOPT_PROXYHEADER`, `CURLOPT_SASL_IR`, `CURLOPT_SERVICE_NAME`, `CURLOPT_SSL_ENABLE_ALPN`, `CURLOPT_SSL_ENABLE_NPN`, `CURLOPT_SSL_FALSESTART`, `CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYSTATUS`, `CURLOPT_STREAM_WEIGHT`, `CURLOPT_TCP_FASTOPEN`, `CURLOPT_TFTP_NO_OPTIONS`, `CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH`, `CURLOPT_XOAUTH2_BEARER`, `CURLPROTO_SMB`, `CURLPROTO_SMBS`, `CURLPROXY_HTTP_1_0`, `CURLSSH_AUTH_AGENT` and `CURLSSLOPT_NO_REVOKE`.

### Examples

Example #1 Initializing a new cURL session and fetching a web page

`<?php
// create a new cURL resource
$ch = curl_init();
// set URL and other appropriate options
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.example.com/");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
// grab URL and pass it to the browser
curl_exec($ch);
?>`

### Notes

> Note:

> Passing an array to `CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS` will encode the data as multipart/form-data, while passing a URL-encoded string will encode the data as application/x-www-form-urlencoded.

### See Also

- curl_setopt_array() - Set multiple options for a cURL transfer
- CURLFile
- CURLStringFile

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