curl through proxy returns no content

Question

I\'m working on a PHP script right now which sends requests to our school\'s servers to get real-time information about class sizes for different courses. The script runs pe

Answer 1

I use the following code if I have to use a proxy with curl:

$proxy = "127.0.0.1:8080"; // or something like that

if($proxy !== null){

    // no need to specify PROXYPORT again
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, $proxy);

    // to make the request go through as though proxy didn't exist
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL, 0);

}