Using CURL to get the HTTP status code of a URL

[Geoff Soper]

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

[Jochen Daum]

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]

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

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