What is cURL?
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December 19, 2007 2:42 PM
cURL stands for Client URL Library. In your PHP code, you can use cURL to connect and communicate with many different types of servers with many different types of protocols. You can use CURL to connect to an HTTP or HTTPS site from your hosting account.
For example, you can use cURL to connect to a site with an RSS feed or to authorize.net's HTTPS payment processing gateway.