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curl → php · cURL ext · headers · body · live

Convert cURL to PHP

Translate a cURL command into a PHP cURL snippet — curl_init, curl_setopt, curl_exec, ready for any PHP project.

cURL → PHP (cURL)
Input
161 B
4 lines
Output
432 B
10 lines
Status
ready
live
Ratio
2.68×
out/in
input · curl command
output · php (curl)
<?php
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.example.com/users");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["Content-Type: application/json","Authorization: Bearer abc123"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\"name\":\"Alice\",\"role\":\"admin\"}");
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;
Quick Start

How to port cURL to PHP (cURL)

PHP's cURL extension is the de-facto HTTP client. The generator emits curl_setopt calls for URL, method, headers, and body — ready to wrap in error handling.

  1. 01

    Paste cURL

    From DevTools, Postman, an SDK doc — anything that emits a cURL command.

    Parsing is strict-but-tolerant — comments and trailing commas are accepted on input where the source format historically permits them; output stays canonical.

    inputstricttolerantliveparse
    in · sourcecurl · live
    curl -X POST https://api.example.com
    loaded · parsedtarget · ready
  2. 02

    Parser pulls fields

    URL, method, headers, body and basic auth are extracted into a structured shape.

    Conversion preserves type information where the target supports it (numbers stay numeric, booleans stay boolean) so the destination parser never has to re-coerce.

    parsetype-preservinglosslesslivememoised
    url · optionsheaders · live
    { url, method, headers, data }
    options applied · liveround-trip
  3. 03

    Emit PHP (cURL)

    The generator turns the parsed command into idiomatic code for the target stack.

    Re-encoding is idempotent: running output back through the same converter produces the same bytes, which keeps round-trips git-friendly.

    genidempotentround-tripdiff-cleandeterministic
    out · convertedPHP (cURL) · ready
    $ch = curl_init($url);
$res = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
    converted · livediff-clean
  4. 04

    Copy or download

    Drop into your project and tweak as needed.

    Copy writes via navigator.clipboard.writeText; downloads use the target’s native MIME so editors apply the right syntax highlighting on open.

    exportclipboardtarget MIMEblobclient-side
    ✓ · copiedready · done
    ✓ Copied
    shipped · ready to shipsuccess
Pro tips

Converting between formats, safely

Pick the strictest source format

Lossy formats hide bugs. Choose JSON or YAML as your source-of-truth, convert downstream as needed.

Round-trip in CI

If your converter is idempotent, your CI can verify A → B → A equals the original. Catches subtle data loss.

Numbers vs strings differ

YAML/TOML have a number type; CSV doesn’t. Quote IDs in CSV to keep leading-zero values intact.

Watch character encoding

Source format may be Latin-1 / Windows-1252; target should be UTF-8. Convert encoding before structure.

Preserve comments where you can

YAML and TOML support comments. Don’t silently drop them — they often encode intent.

Schema-aware beats blind

Use a schema to guide conversion. Field types, required-ness, and defaults survive better with structure.

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Use Cases

When to port cURL to PHP (cURL)

Migration, polyglot teams, integration tests.

PHP backends

Drop into Laravel/Symfony/Slim handlers. Type information survives: numbers stay numeric, booleans stay boolean, strings stay strings. The destination parser doesn't have to re-coerce, which avoids the &quot;'true' becomes &quot;true&quot;&quot; bug class.

round-trip safe

WordPress

Use in plugins or wp-cli scripts. Run output back through the inverse converter to verify idempotent round-trips in CI. A → B → A should produce byte-identical input — if it doesn't, you've found data loss.

type-preserving

API integrations

Wire third-party APIs into PHP apps. Comments and metadata survive where the target format supports them (YAML, TOML, HCL). The tool doesn't silently drop intent-encoded annotations, which keeps your config self-documenting.

schema-aware

CLI scripts

Quick PHP CLI tool from a curl example. Pair with a schema (JSON Schema, OpenAPI, Zod, Pydantic) to catch shape drift on either side. Catch breaking changes at conversion time rather than at runtime in production.

lossless

Legacy code

Modernise old file_get_contents calls. Output respects target-format conventions: quoting in CSV, indent in YAML, brackets in JSON. Existing parsers don't need patches, and the result drops into legacy pipelines unchanged.

diff-clean

Hand-off

Give the curl to a PHP team in their idiom. Encoding-aware: handles UTF-8 vs UTF-16 vs Latin-1 / Windows-1252 transparently. The character-set surprise that breaks &quot;works on my machine&quot; doesn't apply here.

spec-grade
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

cURL is built into PHP. For Guzzle, use the cURL → Code tool with a PSR-7 target.
Snippet passes body as a string via CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS. For complex JSON, use json_encode($data) before passing.
Defaults on. Disable with CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER=false only for local dev.
Snippet captures raw body. Add json_decode($res, true) to parse JSON responses.
No. Parsing and code generation run locally in your browser.
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