Resource Types
<?
/*
* Author: Ron
* Released: August 4, 2007
* Description: An example of the disguise_curl() function in order to grab contents from a website while remaining fully camouflaged by using a fake user agent and fake headers.
*/
$url = 'http://www.ericgiguere.com/tools/http-header-viewer.html';
// disguises the curl using fake headers and a fake user agent.
function disguise_curl($url)
{
$curl = curl_init();
// Setup headers - I used the same headers from Firefox version 2.0.0.6
// below was split up because php.net said the line was too long. :/
$header[0] = "Accept: text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,";
$header[0] .= "text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5";
$header[] = "Cache-Control: max-age=0";
$header[] = "Connection: keep-alive";
$header[] = "Keep-Alive: 300";
$header[] = "Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7";
$header[] = "Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5";
$header[] = "Pragma: "; // browsers keep this blank.
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, 'Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)');
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $header);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_REFERER, 'http://www.google.com');
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_ENCODING, 'gzip,deflate');
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10);
$html = curl_exec($curl); // execute the curl command
curl_close($curl); // close the connection
return $html; // and finally, return $html
}
// uses the function and displays the text off the website
$text = disguise_curl($url);
echo $text;
?>
~Ron
Predefined Constants
The constants below are defined by this extension, and will only be available when the extension has either been compiled into PHP or dynamically loaded at runtime.
Descriptions and uses for these constants are described within the curl_setopt() and curl_getinfo() documentation.
- CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER (integer)
- Available since PHP 5.1.0
- CURLOPT_COOKIESESSION (integer)
- Available since PHP 5.1.0
- CURLOPT_DNS_USE_GLOBAL_CACHE (integer)
- CURLOPT_DNS_CACHE_TIMEOUT (integer)
- CURLOPT_FTP_SSL (integer)
- Available since PHP 5.2.0
- CURLFTPSSL_TRY (integer)
- Available since PHP 5.2.0
- CURLFTPSSL_ALL (integer)
- Available since PHP 5.2.0
- CURLFTPSSL_CONTROL (integer)
- Available since PHP 5.2.0
- CURLFTPSSL_NONE (integer)
- Available since PHP 5.2.0
- CURLOPT_PRIVATE (integer)
- Available since PHP 5.2.4
- CURLOPT_FTPSSLAUTH (integer)
- Available since PHP 5.1.0
- CURLOPT_PORT (integer)
- CURLOPT_FILE (integer)
- CURLOPT_INFILE (integer)
- CURLOPT_INFILESIZE (integer)
- CURLOPT_URL (integer)
- CURLOPT_PROXY (integer)
- CURLOPT_VERBOSE (integer)
- CURLOPT_HEADER (integer)
- CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER (integer)
- CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS (integer)
- CURLOPT_NOBODY (integer)
- CURLOPT_FAILONERROR (integer)
- CURLOPT_UPLOAD (integer)
- CURLOPT_POST (integer)
- CURLOPT_FTPLISTONLY (integer)
- CURLOPT_FTPAPPEND (integer)
- CURLOPT_FTP_CREATE_MISSING_DIRS (integer)
- CURLOPT_NETRC (integer)
- CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION (integer)
- This constant is not available when open_basedir or safe_mode are enabled.
- CURLOPT_FTPASCII (integer)
- CURLOPT_PUT (integer)
- CURLOPT_MUTE (integer)
- CURLOPT_USERPWD (integer)
- CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD (integer)
- CURLOPT_RANGE (integer)
- CURLOPT_TIMEOUT (integer)
- CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS (integer)
- CURLOPT_TCP_NODELAY (integer)
- Available since PHP 5.2.1
- CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS (integer)
- CURLOPT_REFERER (integer)
- CURLOPT_USERAGENT (integer)
- CURLOPT_FTPPORT (integer)
- CURLOPT_FTP_USE_EPSV (integer)
- CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT (integer)
- CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME (integer)
- CURLOPT_RESUME_FROM (integer)
- CURLOPT_COOKIE (integer)
- CURLOPT_SSLCERT (integer)
- CURLOPT_SSLCERTPASSWD (integer)
- CURLOPT_WRITEHEADER (integer)
- CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST (integer)
- CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE (integer)
- CURLOPT_SSLVERSION (integer)
- CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION (integer)
- CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE (integer)
- CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST (integer)
- CURLOPT_STDERR (integer)
- CURLOPT_TRANSFERTEXT (integer)
- CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER (integer)
- CURLOPT_QUOTE (integer)
- CURLOPT_POSTQUOTE (integer)
- CURLOPT_INTERFACE (integer)
- CURLOPT_KRB4LEVEL (integer)
- CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL (integer)
- CURLOPT_FILETIME (integer)
- CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION (integer)
- CURLOPT_READFUNCTION (integer)
- CURLOPT_PASSWDFUNCTION (integer)
- CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION (integer)
- CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS (integer)
- CURLOPT_MAXCONNECTS (integer)
- CURLOPT_CLOSEPOLICY (integer)
- CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT (integer)
- CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE (integer)
- CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE (integer)
- CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET (integer)
- CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT (integer)
- CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS (integer)
- CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER (integer)
- CURLOPT_CAINFO (integer)
- CURLOPT_CAPATH (integer)
- CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR (integer)
- CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST (integer)
- CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER (integer)
- CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL (integer)
- CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE (integer)
- CURLOPT_BUFFERSIZE (integer)
- CURLOPT_HTTPGET (integer)
- CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION (integer)
- CURLOPT_SSLKEY (integer)
- CURLOPT_SSLKEYTYPE (integer)
- CURLOPT_SSLKEYPASSWD (integer)
- CURLOPT_SSLENGINE (integer)
- CURLOPT_SSLENGINE_DEFAULT (integer)
- CURLOPT_SSLCERTTYPE (integer)
- CURLOPT_CRLF (integer)
- CURLOPT_ENCODING (integer)
- CURLOPT_PROXYPORT (integer)
- CURLOPT_UNRESTRICTED_AUTH (integer)
- CURLOPT_FTP_USE_EPRT (integer)
- CURLOPT_HTTP200ALIASES (integer)
- CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH (integer)
- CURLAUTH_BASIC (integer)
- CURLAUTH_DIGEST (integer)
- CURLAUTH_GSSNEGOTIATE (integer)
- CURLAUTH_NTLM (integer)
- CURLAUTH_ANY (integer)
- CURLAUTH_ANYSAFE (integer)
- CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH (integer)
- CURLCLOSEPOLICY_LEAST_RECENTLY_USED (integer)
- CURLCLOSEPOLICY_LEAST_TRAFFIC (integer)
- CURLCLOSEPOLICY_SLOWEST (integer)
- CURLCLOSEPOLICY_CALLBACK (integer)
- CURLCLOSEPOLICY_OLDEST (integer)
- CURLINFO_PRIVATE (integer)
- Available since PHP 5.2.4
- CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL (integer)
- CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE (integer)
- CURLINFO_HEADER_OUT (integer)
- Available since PHP 5.1.3
- CURLINFO_HEADER_SIZE (integer)
- CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE (integer)
- CURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME (integer)
- CURLINFO_NAMELOOKUP_TIME (integer)
- CURLINFO_CONNECT_TIME (integer)
- CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME (integer)
- CURLINFO_SIZE_UPLOAD (integer)
- CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD (integer)
- CURLINFO_SPEED_DOWNLOAD (integer)
- CURLINFO_SPEED_UPLOAD (integer)
- CURLINFO_FILETIME (integer)
- CURLINFO_SSL_VERIFYRESULT (integer)
- CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD (integer)
- CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD (integer)
- CURLINFO_STARTTRANSFER_TIME (integer)
- CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE (integer)
- CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME (integer)
- CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT (integer)
- CURL_TIMECOND_IFMODSINCE (integer)
- CURL_TIMECOND_IFUNMODSINCE (integer)
- CURL_TIMECOND_LASTMOD (integer)
- CURL_VERSION_IPV6 (integer)
- CURL_VERSION_KERBEROS4 (integer)
- CURL_VERSION_SSL (integer)
- CURL_VERSION_LIBZ (integer)
- CURLVERSION_NOW (integer)
- CURLE_OK (integer)
- CURLE_UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL (integer)
- CURLE_FAILED_INIT (integer)
- CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT (integer)
- CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT_USER (integer)
- CURLE_COULDNT_RESOLVE_PROXY (integer)
- CURLE_COULDNT_RESOLVE_HOST (integer)
- CURLE_COULDNT_CONNECT (integer)
- CURLE_FTP_WEIRD_SERVER_REPLY (integer)
- CURLE_FTP_ACCESS_DENIED (integer)
- CURLE_FTP_USER_PASSWORD_INCORRECT (integer)
- CURLE_FTP_WEIRD_PASS_REPLY (integer)
- CURLE_FTP_WEIRD_USER_REPLY (integer)
- CURLE_FTP_WEIRD_PASV_REPLY (integer)
- CURLE_FTP_WEIRD_227_FORMAT (integer)
- CURLE_FTP_CANT_GET_HOST (integer)
- CURLE_FTP_CANT_RECONNECT (integer)
- CURLE_FTP_COULDNT_SET_BINARY (integer)
- CURLE_PARTIAL_FILE (integer)
- CURLE_FTP_COULDNT_RETR_FILE (integer)
- CURLE_FTP_WRITE_ERROR (integer)
- CURLE_FTP_QUOTE_ERROR (integer)
- CURLE_HTTP_NOT_FOUND (integer)
- CURLE_WRITE_ERROR (integer)
- CURLE_MALFORMAT_USER (integer)
- CURLE_FTP_COULDNT_STOR_FILE (integer)
- CURLE_READ_ERROR (integer)
- CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY (integer)
- CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEOUTED (integer)
- CURLE_FTP_COULDNT_SET_ASCII (integer)
- CURLE_FTP_PORT_FAILED (integer)
- CURLE_FTP_COULDNT_USE_REST (integer)
- CURLE_FTP_COULDNT_GET_SIZE (integer)
- CURLE_HTTP_RANGE_ERROR (integer)
- CURLE_HTTP_POST_ERROR (integer)
- CURLE_SSL_CONNECT_ERROR (integer)
- CURLE_FTP_BAD_DOWNLOAD_RESUME (integer)
- CURLE_FILE_COULDNT_READ_FILE (integer)
- CURLE_LDAP_CANNOT_BIND (integer)
- CURLE_LDAP_SEARCH_FAILED (integer)
- CURLE_LIBRARY_NOT_FOUND (integer)
- CURLE_FUNCTION_NOT_FOUND (integer)
- CURLE_ABORTED_BY_CALLBACK (integer)
- CURLE_BAD_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT (integer)
- CURLE_BAD_CALLING_ORDER (integer)
- CURLE_HTTP_PORT_FAILED (integer)
- CURLE_BAD_PASSWORD_ENTERED (integer)
- CURLE_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS (integer)
- CURLE_UNKNOWN_TELNET_OPTION (integer)
- CURLE_TELNET_OPTION_SYNTAX (integer)
- CURLE_OBSOLETE (integer)
- CURLE_SSL_PEER_CERTIFICATE (integer)
- CURLE_GOT_NOTHING (integer)
- CURLE_SSL_ENGINE_NOTFOUND (integer)
- CURLE_SSL_ENGINE_SETFAILED (integer)
- CURLE_SEND_ERROR (integer)
- CURLE_RECV_ERROR (integer)
- CURLE_SHARE_IN_USE (integer)
- CURLE_SSL_CERTPROBLEM (integer)
- CURLE_SSL_CIPHER (integer)
- CURLE_SSL_CACERT (integer)
- CURLE_BAD_CONTENT_ENCODING (integer)
- CURLE_LDAP_INVALID_URL (integer)
- CURLE_FILESIZE_EXCEEDED (integer)
- CURLE_FTP_SSL_FAILED (integer)
- CURLFTPAUTH_DEFAULT (integer)
- Available since PHP 5.1.0
- CURLFTPAUTH_SSL (integer)
- Available since PHP 5.1.0
- CURLFTPAUTH_TLS (integer)
- Available since PHP 5.1.0
- CURLPROXY_HTTP (integer)
- CURLPROXY_SOCKS5 (integer)
- CURL_NETRC_OPTIONAL (integer)
- CURL_NETRC_IGNORED (integer)
- CURL_NETRC_REQUIRED (integer)
- CURL_HTTP_VERSION_NONE (integer)
- CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_0 (integer)
- CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1 (integer)
- CURLM_CALL_MULTI_PERFORM (integer)
- CURLM_OK (integer)
- CURLM_BAD_HANDLE (integer)
- CURLM_BAD_EASY_HANDLE (integer)
- CURLM_OUT_OF_MEMORY (integer)
- CURLM_INTERNAL_ERROR (integer)
- CURLMSG_DONE (integer)
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User Contributed NotesPredefined Constants
Ron
05-Aug-2007 02:48
05-Aug-2007 02:48