Don't Echo Out cURL

Question

When I use this code:

$ch = curl_init($url); $statuses = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch); 

I am returned what I want, but if I just use that - $statuses is echoed out onto the page.

How can I stop this?

Answer 1

Put this on line 2:

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); 

Answer 2

Include this option before curl_exec()

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);