note 129081 added to reserved.variables.httpresponseheader

If no connection is made, $http_response_header is not reset! (tested on php 7.0/8.1) file_get_contents("https://www.google.com/"); file_get_contents("https://www.google.fail/"); print_r($http_response_header);//Array ( [0] => HTTP/1.1 200 OK .... ---- Server IP: 45.112.84.4 Probable Submitter: 45.91.157.134 (proxied: 79.8.244.233) ---- Manual Page -- https://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.httpresponseheader.php Edit -- https://main.php.net/note/edit/129081 Del: integrated -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/129081/integrated Del: useless -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/129081/useless Del: bad code -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/129081/bad+code Del: spam -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/129081/spam Del: non-english -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/129081/non-english Del: in docs -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/129081/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://main.php.net/note/delete/129081 Reject -- https://main.php.net/note/reject/129081 Search -- https://main.php.net/manage/user-notes.php