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<div id="function.curl-multi-init" class="refentry">
 <div class="refnamediv">
  <h1 class="refname">curl_multi_init</h1>
  <p class="verinfo">(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">curl_multi_init</span> &mdash; <span class="dc-title">Returns a new cURL multi handle</span></p>

 </div>
 
 <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.curl-multi-init-description">
  <h3 class="title">Description</h3>
  <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
   <span class="methodname"><strong>curl_multi_init</strong></span>(): <span class="type"><a href="class.curlmultihandle.php" class="type CurlMultiHandle">CurlMultiHandle</a></span></div>

  <p class="para rdfs-comment">
   Allows the processing of multiple cURL handles asynchronously.
  </p>
 </div>


 <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.curl-multi-init-parameters">
  <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
  <p class="para">This function has no parameters.</p>
 </div>


 <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.curl-multi-init-returnvalues">
  <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
  <p class="para">
   Returns a cURL multi handle.
  </p>
 </div>

 
 <div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-function.curl-multi-init-changelog">
  <h3 class="title">Changelog</h3>
  <table class="doctable informaltable">
   
    <thead>
     <tr>
      <th>Version</th>
      <th>Description</th>
     </tr>

    </thead>

    <tbody class="tbody">
     <tr>
      <td>8.0.0</td>
      <td>
       On success, this function returns a <span class="classname"><a href="class.curlmultihandle.php" class="classname">CurlMultiHandle</a></span> instance now;
       previously, a <span class="type"><a href="language.types.resource.php" class="type resource">resource</a></span> was returned.
      </td>
     </tr>

    </tbody>
   
  </table>

 </div>


 <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.curl-multi-init-seealso">
  <h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
  <p class="para">
   <ul class="simplelist">
    <li><span class="function"><a href="function.curl-init.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">curl_init()</a> - Initialize a cURL session</span></li>
    <li><span class="function"><a href="function.curl-multi-close.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">curl_multi_close()</a> - Remove all cURL handles from a multi handle</span></li>
   </ul>
  </p>
 </div>


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