Curl

cUrl is a utility that can be used to do network-related tasks. It stands for Client URL. Curl can be used with any programming language and work with a variety of protocols, including HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, LDAP, DICT, TELNET and FILE. You can use it to access Websites, Upload files on FTP server,create proxy application, Content scrapers ,Link Checkers,search Engines ,and so on .PHP also supports libcurl, a cURL library that allows you to develop php application. Below are some examples where and how you can use php/Curl to solve common problems. These examples start with the most easiest one to the most complex one .

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