PHP Multiple Curl Requests

Question

I'm currently using Curl for PHP a lot. It takes a lot of time to get results of about 100 pages each time. For every request i'm using code like this

$ch = curl_init();

// get source

curl_close($ch);

What are my options to speed things up?

How should I use the multi_init() etc?

Answer 1

• Reuse the same cURL handler ($ch) without running curl_close. This will speed it up just a little bit.
• Use curl_multi_init to run the processes in parallel. This can have a tremendous effect.

Answer 2

take curl_multi - it is far better. Save the handshakes - they are not needed every time!

Answer 3

when i use code given in " http://php.net/curl_multi_init ", response of 2 requests are conflicting. But the code written in below link, returns each response separately (in array format) https://stackoverflow.com/a/21362749/3177302

Answer 4

or take pcntl_fork , fork some new threads to execute curl_exec . But it's not as good as curl_multi .