curl_strequal(3)

curl_strequal3

Compare two strings ignoring case

Usage

#include <curl/curl.h>
int curl_strequal(const char *str1, const char *str2);

Overview

The curl_strequal(3) function compares the two strings str1 and str2, ignoring the case of the characters. It returns a non-zero (TRUE) integer if the strings are identical.

This function uses plain ASCII based comparisons completely disregarding the locale - contrary to how strcasecmp and other system case insensitive string comparisons usually work.

This function is provided by libcurl to enable applications to compare strings in a truly portable manner. There are no standard portable case insensitive string comparison functions. This function works on all platforms.

Protocols

This functionality affects all supported protocols

Examples

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  static const char *name = "compare";
  if(curl_strequal(name, argv[1]))
    printf("Name and input matches\n");
}

Return value

Non-zero if the strings are identical. Zero if they are not.

Releases

13 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 9 times.

  1. 3.0
  2. 3.1–5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7–8
  5. 9
  6. 10
  7. 11
  8. 12
  9. 13
  10. Arch

Availability

Added in curl 7.1

From curl 8.23.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.