PHP cURL HTTP PUT

I am trying to create a HTTP PUT request with cURL and I can’t make it work. I’ve read many tutorials but none of them actually worked. Here’s my current code: I’ve also tried using PHP PEAR but got the same result. The problem is that the repository says that no metadata has been set. … Read more

How do I measure request and response times at once using cURL?

From this brilliant blog post… https://blog.josephscott.org/2011/10/14/timing-details-with-curl/ cURL supports formatted output for the details of the request (see the cURL manpage for details, under -w, –write-out <format>). For our purposes we’ll focus just on the timing details that are provided. Times below are in seconds. Create a new file, curl-format.txt, and paste in: time_namelookup: %{time_namelookup}s\n time_connect: %{time_connect}s\n time_appconnect: %{time_appconnect}s\n time_pretransfer: … Read more

Curl not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

Steps to install curl in windows Install cURL on Windows There are 4 steps to follow to get cURL installed on Windows. Step 1 and Step 2 is to install SSL library. Step 3 is to install cURL. Step 4 is to install a recent certificate Step One: Install Visual C++ 2008 Redistributables From https://www.microsoft.com/en-za/download/details.aspx?id=29 … Read more

curl POST format for CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS

In case you are sending a string, urlencode() it. Otherwise if array, it should be key=>value paired and the Content-type header is automatically set to multipart/form-data. Also, you don’t have to create extra functions to build the query for your arrays, you already have that:

What exactly is cacert.pem for?

cacert.pem is a bundle of CA certificates that you use to verify that the server is really the correct site you’re talking to (when it presents its certificate in the SSL handshake). The bundle can be used by tools like curl or wget, as well as other TLS/SSL speaking software. The bundle should contain the … Read more