[PHP] HTTP HEAD request using curl??

Is it possible to do a http HEAD (instead of GET, POST or PUT) request using the php curl extension? I know that curl itself can do it, but I wasn't able to find the appropriate CURLOPT constant in the documentation for the php extension. I need to do a whole bunch of url calls but all I need is

Re: [PHP] HTTP HEAD request using curl??

"Chris Shiflett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > cURL is great for handling all of the details for you, but if all you are > wanting to do is send a HEAD request and read the headers, are you sure that > using fopen() isn't a good solution? > Well that is plan b, it