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?

Erne

Answer of this thread is over here Multiple API requests – Snorter

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.

Ada

I now use a curl_multi_init for about 10 requests at a time. Takes about 5 for 10 requests =D – Erne

Answer 2

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

Xylophone

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://mcmap.net/q/427870/-file_get_contents-from-multiple-url

Wie

Answer 4

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

Padova