note 87015 added to function.curl-exec

Just a simple curl_exec() example with a twist: I use the familiar http response status code returned from curl_getinfo() to put either data, or a custom error message + curl_error() into a single string. I find this useful when the response ends up in a <div> or <span> tag. <?php curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); ... $output = curl_exec($ch); $info = curl_getinfo($ch); if ($output === false || $info['http_code'] != 200) { $output = "No cURL data returned for $url [". $info['http_code']. "]"; if (curl_error($ch)) $output .= "\n". curl_error($ch); } else { // 'OK' status; format $output data if necessary here: ... } // then return or display the single string $output ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 4.232.93.28 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.curl-exec.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/87015 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87015/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87015/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87015/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87015/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87015/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87015/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87015 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/87015 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php