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3.6 Does curl support javascript, ASP, XML, XHTML or HTML version Y?
3.7 Can I use curl to delete/rename a file through FTP?
3.8 How do I tell curl to follow HTTP redirects?
- 3.9 How do I use curl in PHP, Perl, Tcl, Ruby or Java?
+ 3.9 How do I use curl in my favourite programming language?
3.10 What about SOAP, WebDAV, XML-RPC or similar protocols over HTTP?
3.11 How do I POST with a different Content-Type?
3.12 Why do FTP specific features over HTTP proxy fail?
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curl -L http://redirector.com
- 3.9 How do I use curl in PHP, Perl, Tcl, Ruby or Java?
+ 3.9 How do I use curl in my favourite programming language?
- There exist many language-interfaces for curl that integrates it better with
- various languages. If you are fluid in a script language, you may very well
- opt to use such an interface instead of using the command line tool.
+ There exist many language interfaces/bindings for curl that integrates it
+ better with various languages. If you are fluid in a script language, you
+ may very well opt to use such an interface instead of using the command line
+ tool.
At the time of writing, there are bindings for the five language mentioned
above, but chances are there are even more by the time you read this. Or you
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install and use them, in the libcurl section of the curl web site:
http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/
-
- PHP4 has the ability to use libcurl as an internal module if built with that
- option enabled. You then get a set of extra functions that can be used
- within your PHP programs. You find all details about those functions in the
- curl section in the PHP manual, see the online version at:
-
- http://www.php.net/manual/ref.curl.php
- PHP also offers the option to run a command line, and then you can of course
- invoke the curl tool using a command line. This is the way to use curl if
- you're using PHP3 or PHP4 built without curl module support.
+ In December 2001, there are interfaces available for the following
+ languages: C/C++, Cocoa, Dylan, Java, Perl, PHP, Python, Rexx, Ruby, Scheme
+ and Tcl. By the time you read this, additional ones may have appeared!
3.10 What about SOAP, WebDAV, XML-RPC or similar protocols over HTTP?