cURL Functions
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curl_error

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.3, PHP 5)

curl_errorReturn a string containing the last error for the current session

Description

string curl_error ( resource $ch )

Returns a clear text error message for the last cURL operation.

Parameters

ch

A cURL handle returned by curl_init().

Return Values

Returns the error message or '' (the empty string) if no error occurred.

Examples

Example #1 curl_error() example

<?php
// Create a curl handle to a non-existing location
$ch curl_init('http://404.php.net/');
curl_setopt($chCURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFERtrue);

if(
curl_exec($ch) === false)
{
    echo 
'Curl error: ' curl_error($ch);
}
else
{
    echo 
'Operation completed without any errors';
}

// Close handle
curl_close($ch);
?>

See Also


cURL Functions
PHP Manual