Using CURL to get the HTTP status code of a URL

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  • Geoff Soper
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    Using CURL to get the HTTP status code of a URL

    I would like to get the HTTP status code of a URL using PHP. I think
    CURL is the way to go but I can't see how to do it. I see I can use
    curl_getinfo on the CURL session after I've curl_exec'ed it but I
    can't see what options I should set to get CURL to only get the HTTP
    status code and not retrieve the data at the URL.

    Help gratefully received!

    Thanks,
    Geoff
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    • Jochen Daum
      #2
      Re: Using CURL to get the HTTP status code of a URL

      Hi,

      On 29 Mar 2004 03:26:11 -0800, geoff.google.no spam@alphaworks .co.uk
      (Geoff Soper) wrote:
      [color=blue]
      >I would like to get the HTTP status code of a URL using PHP. I think
      >CURL is the way to go but I can't see how to do it. I see I can use
      >curl_getinfo on the CURL session after I've curl_exec'ed it but I
      >can't see what options I should set to get CURL to only get the HTTP
      >status code and not retrieve the data at the URL.[/color]


      I think you want to send a HEAD request.

      www.php.net/curl has heaps of examples, a HEAD request has IMO the
      same structure as a GET request.

      HTH, Jochen
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        • Manuel Lemos
          #3
          Re: Using CURL to get the HTTP status code of a URL

          Hello,

          On 29 Mar 2004 03:26:11 -0800, geoff.google.no spam@alphaworks .co.uk
          (Geoff Soper) wrote:[color=blue]
          >I would like to get the HTTP status code of a URL using PHP. I think
          >CURL is the way to go but I can't see how to do it. I see I can use
          >curl_getinfo on the CURL session after I've curl_exec'ed it but I
          >can't see what options I should set to get CURL to only get the HTTP
          >status code and not retrieve the data at the URL.[/color]

          You may want to try this HTTP client class that lets you do exactly what
          you want.

          http://www.phpclasses.org/httpclient

          --

          Regards,
          Manuel Lemos

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